In Episode 46 of the Health, Wealth, & Happiness Pod, we invite Daria Pidhorodetska to talk about her experience studying space and working with NASA. We cover all types of things in this ep — from aliens & astrology, to balancing life as a PhD student & exoplanet researcher. 

Daria Pidhorodetska is a PhD student in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Riverside. Daria completed her undergraduate studies in biology in 2017, where she was the first student at her institution to conduct research in astrobiology. Fascinated by the search for life on other worlds, she went on to spend 2.5 years at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center working on exoplanet detection and characterization, through computer modeling and space-based observations. Now, she works to expand these efforts while furthering her education by sharing her science and bringing astrobiology into communities all over the world.

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Guest Social Media:

Follow Daria on Instagram: @planetscientist

Follow Daria on Twitter: @AstroDaria

Follow Daria on TikTok: @dariasw0rld

Daria's Recent Research:

A Benchmark System of Small Planets for Future Atmospheric Characterization

Detectability of Molecular Signatures on TRAPPIST-1e through Transmission Spectroscopy Simulated for Future Space-based Observatories

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