Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center,

Episode 414, Science and Space. I'm Kenna Pell and I'll be your host today. On this podcast, we bring in

the experts, scientists, engineers, and astronauts, all to let you know what's going on in the world

of human spaceflight and more. It's no secret that space can offer a unique

perspective for researchers, but what exactly that unique perspective is sometimes is hard to grasp.

When it comes to biological and physical phenomena, the microgravity environment, and sometimes

lunar or Martian environment, can offer a new perspective on observations that help us understand whole segments

of science. On this episode, we have Dr. Lisa Carnell, division director for NASA's biological

and physical sciences. She's here to help break down her side of the agency's science portfolio.

Prior to her current position, Lisa's held a variety of roles inside and outside NASA.

She worked on technology transfer NASA patents, served as space radiation medical countermeasure lead,

and served in biological and physical sciences as a program scientist for translational research.

The PhD from Duke University holds eight patents, has authored or co-authored several peer-reviewed journal articles,

and has been honored with a number of prestigious NASA Awards.

I felt very fortunate to get a chance to speak with her.

With that, here's Dr. Lisa Carnell on Biological and Physical Sciences at NASA.

Enjoy.

Enjoy. Houston, we have a podcast.

Lisa, thanks for joining us on Houston.

We have a podcast today.

Oh, thank you so much for having me.

So in the show intro, I discussed a few of your previous roles and accomplishments, but wanted to rewind a little bit earlier to learn a little bit more about you.

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