Ordinarily Extraordinary - Conversations with women in STEM
We’re Kathy Nelson and Linda LaTourelle — co-hosts of Ordinarily Extraordinary: Conversations with Women in STEM.
Kathy, an electrical engineer, launched the podcast in 2020 to share real, unfiltered stories of women working across STEM disciplines. Now with over 130 episodes, the mission remains the same: to amplify the voices of ordinary women doing extraordinary work in science, technology, engineering, and math.
We’re deeply committed to:
- Normalizing the presence of women in STEM by making their stories visible
- Building community for women who may be the only ones like them in their workplace
- Educating listeners about the wide variety of STEM careers — and what they actually look like
- Empowering growth and retention by addressing the challenges behind the leaky pipeline
From early-career professionals to experienced leaders, our guests share how they got started, how they’ve grown, and what they’ve learned along the way. This podcast is a space where women in STEM can be seen, heard, and supported — because representation isn’t just powerful, it’s essential.
Ordinarily Extraordinary - Conversations with women in STEM
72. Sangeeta - Founder & CEO of GOTARA; PhD Materials Chemistry; MS Chemistry
D Sangeeta is the Founder and CEO of GOTARA whose mission is to offer career support and advice to women in STEM professions. Their goal is to help close the gender gap at all levels, and to make this service available to women around the world who are working in STEM fields as individuals, or as leaders in a variety of organizations. D. Sangeeta has held leadership and science/research positions in a variety of organizations throughout her career. She has a Master's Degree in Chemistry and a PhD in Materials Chemistry. D. Sangeeta holds 26 patents.
Episode Notes
D. Sangeeta founded GOTARA in an effort to keep women in STEM fields. A disproportionate percentage of women leave STEM fields - and that's in addition to fewer women than men entering many STEM fields to start with. D Sangeeta saw a need to work with companies to ensure women in STEM fields at those companies are supported. They do this by providing confidential and personalized nano-learning opportunities that include upskilling and career advice available 24 x 7.
D. Sangeeta shares why she started GOTARA, how her leadership experience throughout her career led her to find her passion in supporting women in STEM and a very real and applicable way. We also talk about her career, chemistry vs. materials chemistry, and the patenting process.
Music used in the podcast: Higher Up, Silverman Sound Studio
Acronyms, Definitions, and Fact Check
GOTARA – http://www.gotara.com
Organic chemistry is a branch of chemistry that studies the structure, properties and reactions of organic compounds, which contain carbon in covalent bonding. Study of structure determines their structural formula. (wikipedia)
Inorganic chemistry is concerned with the properties and behavior of inorganic compounds, which include metals, minerals, and organometallic compounds. ... For example, organometallic compounds usually contain a metal or metalloid bonded directly to carbon. (https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/careers/chemical-sciences/areas/inorganic-chemistry.html)
Monolithic material is an item which is cast as a single piece, formed or composed of material without joints or seams a monolithic floor covering, or consisting of or constituting a single unit. (www.merriam-webster.com)
Air foil - the cross-sectional shape of an object whose motion through a gas is capable of generating significant lift, such as a wing, a sail, or the blades of propeller, rotor, or turbine. A solid body moving through a fluid produces an aerodynamic force. (wikipedia)
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