kdbugg06

Hi Gillian! Believe it or not you are an inspiration to aspiring female scientists. You inspired me as a young girl and now I am a paleolithic archaeologist (after realizing the FBI wouldn't work out)

Second, can you tell us more about your non-profit work with SA_Yes? What inspires you to work with them? I excavate in South Africa and spend a lot of time there. I would love to be involved!

Katie

Also I would like to say if you, Gillian, or David are EVER in the DC area, please please please come visit my paleobiology/paleoanthropology department. Or you could give a talk at the Cosmos Club, Philosophical Society of Washington, or Secular Humanists of Washington. I could also arrange a private tour of the Smithsonian Human Origins hall which showcases our research. I have X-Files to thank for inspiring me to pursue a life of science that led me here to Washington to begin with, so I would love to return the favor one day (and to meet any one of you!)

Ditto! (I turned out being an archaeologist). There are not enough female role models in science, especially ones who kick ass like Scully. Thank you Chris!

btw is she really here?

Who was your biggest inspiration when you were growing up? Did Carl Sagan influence you, or any other public science figures?