{"id":638950,"date":"2024-03-29T14:29:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T18:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=638950"},"modified":"2024-04-17T17:54:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T21:54:41","slug":"langley-celebrates-womens-history-month-anum-ashraf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/langley\/langley-celebrates-womens-history-month-anum-ashraf\/","title":{"rendered":"Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: Anum Ashraf"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">3 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: Anum Ashraf<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/whm-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/whm-2.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Anum Ashraf is a Climate Scientist at NASA Langley Research Center. She is pictured here smiling and wearing a mustard yellow sweater. Large windows can be seen behind her.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/whm-2.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/whm-2.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/whm-2.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/whm-2.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/whm-2.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/whm-2.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/whm-2.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/whm-2.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/whm-2.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/whm-2.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/whm-2.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Anum Ashraf is a Climate Scientist at NASA Langley Research Center.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Anum Ashraf is a Climate Scientist at NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Originally set on pursuing a medical career, Anum found her calling in engineering and research. Now a \u201cdoctor for the planet\u201d with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, she uses her skills to study Earth\u2019s radiation budget and develop instrumentation that can inform the future of our planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who or what inspired you to choose your career and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would have to say my parents and just my family. As a little girl, I didn\u2019t grow up dreaming to be a scientist or an engineer at NASA. In fact, when I started my academics, I originally wanted to be a medical doctor, but my parents pushed me to have a backup plan, so I also pursued a degree in biomedical engineering. And that\u2019s actually what\u2019s worked out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you find most rewarding about working with NASA?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I find most rewarding is being part of a community and knowing that you are contributing to the greater good in some way\u2014knowing that I am helping design instrumentation that is eventually going to go up in space to makes measurements of the climate, which will then help inform policymakers. And climate and weather instruments are important for our planet\u2019s future, and I think being part of that is very rewarding, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Life at Langley: Anum Ashraf\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sRVjATrnMBk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you enjoy doing outside of work?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lately, I have picked up knitting, and I enjoy knitting projects for my kids. Knitting is amazing! I enjoy it because, to some extent, there\u2019s math involved\u2014you count the stitches\u2014and it\u2019s very fulfilling at the end of the day. My daughter loves wearing her scarf that I knitted her. She goes to school, and she tells everybody \u201cMy momma knitted this,\u201d and the teachers are so surprised. Like, your mom did that? Yeah, I\u2019m talented like that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How does your background and heritage contribute to your perspective and approach in your role at NASA?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was born in Pakistan and moved to the states when I was ten years old. So, I\u2019ve experienced and lived in different cultural backgrounds, and I think that\u2019s really helped shape me. I am a principal investigator, so I lead a team of engineers and scientists who have very diverse backgrounds. 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