Vanessa Rosa, Ph.D.
@vanessarosaphd.bsky.social
🧪 Translating Science Into Societal Impact 🌎
🥳 What's new? sciencewithimpact.org
🥳 What's new? sciencewithimpact.org
How do you turn one small idea into a movement that changes the face of science? 🌱
In this episode, Dr. Checo Colón-Gaud shares how mentorship, exposure, and persistence can transform STEM.
🎧 Watch the full ep to learn how Dr. Colón-Gaud turned mentorship into a movement:
tinyurl.com/5292c3xd
In this episode, Dr. Checo Colón-Gaud shares how mentorship, exposure, and persistence can transform STEM.
🎧 Watch the full ep to learn how Dr. Colón-Gaud turned mentorship into a movement:
tinyurl.com/5292c3xd
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
How do you turn one small idea into a movement that changes the face of science? 🌱
In this episode, Dr. Checo Colón-Gaud shares how mentorship, exposure, and persistence can transform STEM.
🎧 Watch the full ep to learn how Dr. Colón-Gaud turned mentorship into a movement:
tinyurl.com/5292c3xd
In this episode, Dr. Checo Colón-Gaud shares how mentorship, exposure, and persistence can transform STEM.
🎧 Watch the full ep to learn how Dr. Colón-Gaud turned mentorship into a movement:
tinyurl.com/5292c3xd
This Wednesday, November 5, Science with Impact welcomes Dr. Checo Colón-Gaud, Associate Dean and Professor of Biology at Georgia Southern University.
Don’t miss this inspiring conversation on how purpose, representation, and community can build a more inclusive future for science.
Don’t miss this inspiring conversation on how purpose, representation, and community can build a more inclusive future for science.
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This Wednesday, November 5, Science with Impact welcomes Dr. Checo Colón-Gaud, Associate Dean and Professor of Biology at Georgia Southern University.
Don’t miss this inspiring conversation on how purpose, representation, and community can build a more inclusive future for science.
Don’t miss this inspiring conversation on how purpose, representation, and community can build a more inclusive future for science.
What does it mean to have a "broader impact"? Beyond the papers, posters, and patents is the impact we have on our communities outside of academia. Hear 5 short stories about the unique spaces each of us occupies in trying to broaden the impacts of STEM Research:
C-160AB at 1:45 ET #NDiSTEM2025.
C-160AB at 1:45 ET #NDiSTEM2025.
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
What does it mean to have a "broader impact"? Beyond the papers, posters, and patents is the impact we have on our communities outside of academia. Hear 5 short stories about the unique spaces each of us occupies in trying to broaden the impacts of STEM Research:
C-160AB at 1:45 ET #NDiSTEM2025.
C-160AB at 1:45 ET #NDiSTEM2025.
Key moments from the opening plenary #NDiSTEM2025. Come to booth #910 to say hi to Francesca Antillon and I, learn about NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation including #MONETCCI and to interview for SACNAS’s Social Media Street Team about broadening participation in STEM 🎉🥰
October 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Key moments from the opening plenary #NDiSTEM2025. Come to booth #910 to say hi to Francesca Antillon and I, learn about NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation including #MONETCCI and to interview for SACNAS’s Social Media Street Team about broadening participation in STEM 🎉🥰
Key moments from the opening plenary #NDiSTEM2025. Come to booth #910 to say hi to Francesca Antillon and I, learn about NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation including #MONETCCI and to interview for SACNAS’s Social Media Street Team about broadening participation in STEM 🎉🥰
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Key moments from the opening plenary #NDiSTEM2025. Come to booth #910 to say hi to Francesca Antillon and I, learn about NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation including #MONETCCI and to interview for SACNAS’s Social Media Street Team about broadening participation in STEM 🎉🥰
🌟 Curiosity isn’t just where science begins—it’s how it grows.
In our latest Science with Impact episode, Dr. Stephanie Pazos shares how failure, mentorship, & inclusion can redefine success in STEM.
🎧 Watch now - www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsXT...
In our latest Science with Impact episode, Dr. Stephanie Pazos shares how failure, mentorship, & inclusion can redefine success in STEM.
🎧 Watch now - www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsXT...
October 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🌟 Curiosity isn’t just where science begins—it’s how it grows.
In our latest Science with Impact episode, Dr. Stephanie Pazos shares how failure, mentorship, & inclusion can redefine success in STEM.
🎧 Watch now - www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsXT...
In our latest Science with Impact episode, Dr. Stephanie Pazos shares how failure, mentorship, & inclusion can redefine success in STEM.
🎧 Watch now - www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsXT...
🎙️ Coming Oct 22 — Science with Impact
Curiosity isn’t a flaw—it’s fuel.
Join Dr. Stephanie Pazos, chemist, educator & Chief Scientist at Heroica Technologies, as she shares how curiosity and resilience create inclusive pathways in STEM.
Curiosity isn’t a flaw—it’s fuel.
Join Dr. Stephanie Pazos, chemist, educator & Chief Scientist at Heroica Technologies, as she shares how curiosity and resilience create inclusive pathways in STEM.
October 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
🎙️ Coming Oct 22 — Science with Impact
Curiosity isn’t a flaw—it’s fuel.
Join Dr. Stephanie Pazos, chemist, educator & Chief Scientist at Heroica Technologies, as she shares how curiosity and resilience create inclusive pathways in STEM.
Curiosity isn’t a flaw—it’s fuel.
Join Dr. Stephanie Pazos, chemist, educator & Chief Scientist at Heroica Technologies, as she shares how curiosity and resilience create inclusive pathways in STEM.
✨ Behind every Science with Impact episode is a small but mighty team. In this special episode, we share our own stories—why purpose matters more than prestige, and how storytelling + design make science resonate.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/X_OkfVkNlUA?...
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/X_OkfVkNlUA?...
October 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
✨ Behind every Science with Impact episode is a small but mighty team. In this special episode, we share our own stories—why purpose matters more than prestige, and how storytelling + design make science resonate.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/X_OkfVkNlUA?...
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/X_OkfVkNlUA?...
🌟 What sustains a scientific career?
For Dr. Valeria De La Rosa-Reyes, it’s mentorship, collaboration & joy—not just papers.
From guiding undergrads in the lab to building resilient networks in Puerto Rico, her story shows how mentorship multiplies impact.
🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETu...
For Dr. Valeria De La Rosa-Reyes, it’s mentorship, collaboration & joy—not just papers.
From guiding undergrads in the lab to building resilient networks in Puerto Rico, her story shows how mentorship multiplies impact.
🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETu...
October 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🌟 What sustains a scientific career?
For Dr. Valeria De La Rosa-Reyes, it’s mentorship, collaboration & joy—not just papers.
From guiding undergrads in the lab to building resilient networks in Puerto Rico, her story shows how mentorship multiplies impact.
🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETu...
For Dr. Valeria De La Rosa-Reyes, it’s mentorship, collaboration & joy—not just papers.
From guiding undergrads in the lab to building resilient networks in Puerto Rico, her story shows how mentorship multiplies impact.
🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETu...
We’re on the road again (husband’s gigs as a recording artist 🎶), and I have my handy notebook to help me plan for the upcoming American Chemical Society conference #ACSSpring2026 in Atlanta.
September 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We’re on the road again (husband’s gigs as a recording artist 🎶), and I have my handy notebook to help me plan for the upcoming American Chemical Society conference #ACSSpring2026 in Atlanta.
Academic careers aren’t always stable. I shared my story with @cenmag about building Science with Impact, diversifying beyond grants, and reimagining what it means to be a scientist today.
Read the full piece here 👉 lnkd.in/geE-P3iR
Read the full piece here 👉 lnkd.in/geE-P3iR
September 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Academic careers aren’t always stable. I shared my story with @cenmag about building Science with Impact, diversifying beyond grants, and reimagining what it means to be a scientist today.
Read the full piece here 👉 lnkd.in/geE-P3iR
Read the full piece here 👉 lnkd.in/geE-P3iR
✨ Science isn’t one-size-fits-all. In this episode of Science with Impact, Jocelyn Bosley shares how metaphors, storytelling & Fun-Sized Physics help make complex ideas click.
🎥 Watch the full episode - www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETu...
🎥 Watch the full episode - www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETu...
September 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
✨ Science isn’t one-size-fits-all. In this episode of Science with Impact, Jocelyn Bosley shares how metaphors, storytelling & Fun-Sized Physics help make complex ideas click.
🎥 Watch the full episode - www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETu...
🎥 Watch the full episode - www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETu...
In this week’s Science with Impact Podcast, I sat down with Dr. Matt Wilkins, Founder and CEO of Galactic Polymath, to explore why supporting educators is the key to building a science-positive society.
🎧 Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/tR4ZZ675Qok?...
🎧 Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/tR4ZZ675Qok?...
September 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In this week’s Science with Impact Podcast, I sat down with Dr. Matt Wilkins, Founder and CEO of Galactic Polymath, to explore why supporting educators is the key to building a science-positive society.
🎧 Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/tR4ZZ675Qok?...
🎧 Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/tR4ZZ675Qok?...
I don’t know whose idea it was (it was mine 🙄) to carry two of these artillery grade suitcases full of heavy outreach equipment across God’s green earth, but whoever they are, they trippin!
Side note: I just learned you can check a max of 20 items with Southwest (costs $2,800) 😱
Side note: I just learned you can check a max of 20 items with Southwest (costs $2,800) 😱
September 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I don’t know whose idea it was (it was mine 🙄) to carry two of these artillery grade suitcases full of heavy outreach equipment across God’s green earth, but whoever they are, they trippin!
Side note: I just learned you can check a max of 20 items with Southwest (costs $2,800) 😱
Side note: I just learned you can check a max of 20 items with Southwest (costs $2,800) 😱
🔥 Real talk: This is how we track research trainees across 14 labs
Live Notion database → Real-time career updates → Instant resource matching
Result: Labs don't just meet NSF requirements, they exceed them because they can see their progress.
The power of making data visual and actionable ✨
Live Notion database → Real-time career updates → Instant resource matching
Result: Labs don't just meet NSF requirements, they exceed them because they can see their progress.
The power of making data visual and actionable ✨
September 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🔥 Real talk: This is how we track research trainees across 14 labs
Live Notion database → Real-time career updates → Instant resource matching
Result: Labs don't just meet NSF requirements, they exceed them because they can see their progress.
The power of making data visual and actionable ✨
Live Notion database → Real-time career updates → Instant resource matching
Result: Labs don't just meet NSF requirements, they exceed them because they can see their progress.
The power of making data visual and actionable ✨
I’ll be joining thousands of changemakers at #NDiSTEM2025 this fall in Columbus, Ohio!
Want to meet up to record a special in-person episode of the Science with Impact podcast?
DM to coordinate a time on site, Oct 30–Nov 1, in Columbus.
#NDiSTEM2025 #SACNAS #STEM #STEMCommunity
Want to meet up to record a special in-person episode of the Science with Impact podcast?
DM to coordinate a time on site, Oct 30–Nov 1, in Columbus.
#NDiSTEM2025 #SACNAS #STEM #STEMCommunity
September 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I’ll be joining thousands of changemakers at #NDiSTEM2025 this fall in Columbus, Ohio!
Want to meet up to record a special in-person episode of the Science with Impact podcast?
DM to coordinate a time on site, Oct 30–Nov 1, in Columbus.
#NDiSTEM2025 #SACNAS #STEM #STEMCommunity
Want to meet up to record a special in-person episode of the Science with Impact podcast?
DM to coordinate a time on site, Oct 30–Nov 1, in Columbus.
#NDiSTEM2025 #SACNAS #STEM #STEMCommunity
🧠 The Challenge: How do you know if a 5-minute science festival activity actually teaches anything? Most outreach relies on "smiles and thumbs up" as success metrics.
Our Solution: Pre-post assessment cards that capture learning in real-time.
#SciComm #STEMOutreach #ScienceEducation
Our Solution: Pre-post assessment cards that capture learning in real-time.
#SciComm #STEMOutreach #ScienceEducation
September 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
🧠 The Challenge: How do you know if a 5-minute science festival activity actually teaches anything? Most outreach relies on "smiles and thumbs up" as success metrics.
Our Solution: Pre-post assessment cards that capture learning in real-time.
#SciComm #STEMOutreach #ScienceEducation
Our Solution: Pre-post assessment cards that capture learning in real-time.
#SciComm #STEMOutreach #ScienceEducation
🚀 Stop creating random content. Start building systematically.
After years of watching brilliant scientists struggle with content strategy, I created a framework that actually works for researchers: Inspired by Austin Kleon's "SHOW YOUR WORK."
#SciComm #AcademicLife #ResearchImpact
After years of watching brilliant scientists struggle with content strategy, I created a framework that actually works for researchers: Inspired by Austin Kleon's "SHOW YOUR WORK."
#SciComm #AcademicLife #ResearchImpact
September 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🚀 Stop creating random content. Start building systematically.
After years of watching brilliant scientists struggle with content strategy, I created a framework that actually works for researchers: Inspired by Austin Kleon's "SHOW YOUR WORK."
#SciComm #AcademicLife #ResearchImpact
After years of watching brilliant scientists struggle with content strategy, I created a framework that actually works for researchers: Inspired by Austin Kleon's "SHOW YOUR WORK."
#SciComm #AcademicLife #ResearchImpact
🎯 Save the Date: October 31st, 1:45-3pm ET
Excited to share the stage with these incredible STEM leaders at the 2025 NDiSTEM Leadership Symposium!
⭐️ Pamela Martínez Oquendo, Jennifer Aleman, Austin Shelton, Carmina Chavez, Francesca Antillon, and Corey Welch ⭐️
#NDiSTEM2025
Excited to share the stage with these incredible STEM leaders at the 2025 NDiSTEM Leadership Symposium!
⭐️ Pamela Martínez Oquendo, Jennifer Aleman, Austin Shelton, Carmina Chavez, Francesca Antillon, and Corey Welch ⭐️
#NDiSTEM2025
September 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🎯 Save the Date: October 31st, 1:45-3pm ET
Excited to share the stage with these incredible STEM leaders at the 2025 NDiSTEM Leadership Symposium!
⭐️ Pamela Martínez Oquendo, Jennifer Aleman, Austin Shelton, Carmina Chavez, Francesca Antillon, and Corey Welch ⭐️
#NDiSTEM2025
Excited to share the stage with these incredible STEM leaders at the 2025 NDiSTEM Leadership Symposium!
⭐️ Pamela Martínez Oquendo, Jennifer Aleman, Austin Shelton, Carmina Chavez, Francesca Antillon, and Corey Welch ⭐️
#NDiSTEM2025
🎙️ Get ready for our next Science with Impact episode!
Just wrapped an incredible conversation with Dr. Checo Colon-Gaud (Georgia Southern University)!
My favorite quote: "It all started with a conversation from a mentor who had a vision and really saw the potential for change."
#REU #Mentorship
Just wrapped an incredible conversation with Dr. Checo Colon-Gaud (Georgia Southern University)!
My favorite quote: "It all started with a conversation from a mentor who had a vision and really saw the potential for change."
#REU #Mentorship
September 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🎙️ Get ready for our next Science with Impact episode!
Just wrapped an incredible conversation with Dr. Checo Colon-Gaud (Georgia Southern University)!
My favorite quote: "It all started with a conversation from a mentor who had a vision and really saw the potential for change."
#REU #Mentorship
Just wrapped an incredible conversation with Dr. Checo Colon-Gaud (Georgia Southern University)!
My favorite quote: "It all started with a conversation from a mentor who had a vision and really saw the potential for change."
#REU #Mentorship
🎉 30,000 Views and Counting!
Thrilled to celebrate this incredible milestone with our Science with Impact community!
Our next big goal? 100 episodes of meaningful science communication!
Here's to the next 30,000 views and the countless conversations yet to come! 🧪🌎
#ScienceCommunication
Thrilled to celebrate this incredible milestone with our Science with Impact community!
Our next big goal? 100 episodes of meaningful science communication!
Here's to the next 30,000 views and the countless conversations yet to come! 🧪🌎
#ScienceCommunication
September 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🎉 30,000 Views and Counting!
Thrilled to celebrate this incredible milestone with our Science with Impact community!
Our next big goal? 100 episodes of meaningful science communication!
Here's to the next 30,000 views and the countless conversations yet to come! 🧪🌎
#ScienceCommunication
Thrilled to celebrate this incredible milestone with our Science with Impact community!
Our next big goal? 100 episodes of meaningful science communication!
Here's to the next 30,000 views and the countless conversations yet to come! 🧪🌎
#ScienceCommunication
🎵🧪 We're developing an activity around an interactive app that transforms molecular structures into music!
What creative approaches have you seen that make complex subjects more accessible? I'd love to hear about other innovative educational collaborations!
#ScienceEducation #ChemistryEducation
What creative approaches have you seen that make complex subjects more accessible? I'd love to hear about other innovative educational collaborations!
#ScienceEducation #ChemistryEducation
September 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
🎵🧪 We're developing an activity around an interactive app that transforms molecular structures into music!
What creative approaches have you seen that make complex subjects more accessible? I'd love to hear about other innovative educational collaborations!
#ScienceEducation #ChemistryEducation
What creative approaches have you seen that make complex subjects more accessible? I'd love to hear about other innovative educational collaborations!
#ScienceEducation #ChemistryEducation
AI won’t replace scientists—it can amplify them. 🎙️ In this episode, Dr. Lennart Nacke shares how context engineering, better prompts, & rethinking publishing can transform research & communication.
🎧 Watch the full episode here: tinyurl.com/5n8hy2pw
🎧 Watch the full episode here: tinyurl.com/5n8hy2pw
September 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
AI won’t replace scientists—it can amplify them. 🎙️ In this episode, Dr. Lennart Nacke shares how context engineering, better prompts, & rethinking publishing can transform research & communication.
🎧 Watch the full episode here: tinyurl.com/5n8hy2pw
🎧 Watch the full episode here: tinyurl.com/5n8hy2pw
🎙️ “Five years ago, video was still the ultimate proof. Today, AI can fake it.”
In this week’s episode, Dr. Lennart Nacke explains why trust in science—and principles like falsification—are more important than ever in an age of misinformation.
👉 Watch the full episode: tinyurl.com/5n8hy2pw
In this week’s episode, Dr. Lennart Nacke explains why trust in science—and principles like falsification—are more important than ever in an age of misinformation.
👉 Watch the full episode: tinyurl.com/5n8hy2pw
September 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🎙️ “Five years ago, video was still the ultimate proof. Today, AI can fake it.”
In this week’s episode, Dr. Lennart Nacke explains why trust in science—and principles like falsification—are more important than ever in an age of misinformation.
👉 Watch the full episode: tinyurl.com/5n8hy2pw
In this week’s episode, Dr. Lennart Nacke explains why trust in science—and principles like falsification—are more important than ever in an age of misinformation.
👉 Watch the full episode: tinyurl.com/5n8hy2pw
Imagine every chem teacher & researcher showing molecules in 3D.
See aspirin’s journey through COX-2—why it lasts 8–12 hrs vs. ibuprofen’s 4–6.
Not just pretty visuals, interactive science that makes the invisible visible.
Explore the full case study on our website through the link in our bio.
See aspirin’s journey through COX-2—why it lasts 8–12 hrs vs. ibuprofen’s 4–6.
Not just pretty visuals, interactive science that makes the invisible visible.
Explore the full case study on our website through the link in our bio.
August 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Imagine every chem teacher & researcher showing molecules in 3D.
See aspirin’s journey through COX-2—why it lasts 8–12 hrs vs. ibuprofen’s 4–6.
Not just pretty visuals, interactive science that makes the invisible visible.
Explore the full case study on our website through the link in our bio.
See aspirin’s journey through COX-2—why it lasts 8–12 hrs vs. ibuprofen’s 4–6.
Not just pretty visuals, interactive science that makes the invisible visible.
Explore the full case study on our website through the link in our bio.