Mika Tosca

Mika Tosca (an haife ta a shekara ta  1985 ko 1986 )  masanin kimiyyar yanayi ne. Binciken ta ya shafi hanyoyin da fasaha da ƙira za su iya tasiri sadarwa game da kimiyyar yanayi don magance sauyin yanayi yadda ya kamata.  Tosca kuma yana ba da gudummawa ga sadarwar kimiyya, ciki har da ta hanyar ayyukan fasaha na kimiyya, kuma ita ce mai ba da shawara ga mutanen Trans a cikin STEM, ilimi, da kuma kafofin watsa labarai.

 Ilimi 
A cikin 2006, Tosca ya sami BS a cikin Lissafi-Kididdiga daga Jami'ar Connecticut .   A cikin 2008, ta sami NASA Earth and Space Graduate Fellowship (NESSF).   Yayin kammala zumunci, Tosca ya sami MS a Kimiyyar Tsarin Duniya daga Jami'ar California a Irvine (UCI).  Sannan ta kammala digiri na uku a fannin Kimiyyar Tsarin Duniya a UCI tare da Charlie Zender da James Randerson a 2012.  Haɗin gwiwar ya ba da kuɗin binciken da Tosca ta bi a lokacin shirye-shiryenta na MS da PhD. NASA kuma ta tallafa wa binciken Tosca na postdoctoral. 

 Sana'a da bincike 
A lokacin shirinta na PhD, Tosca ta yi bincike kan yadda tsarin yanayi ke da alaƙa da gobarar daji, kuma ta yi nazarin hayaƙin iska ta hanyar amfani da tsarin tsarin duniya.  A matsayinta na malamin digiri na biyu, ta ci gaba da wannan aikin a dakin gwaje-gwaje na Jet Propulsion Laboratory na NASA mai alaƙa da bincike, tare da David Diner.    A NASA, ta yi bincike kan yadda yanayi, gajimare, da gobarar daji ke hulɗa, ta hanyar amfani da na'urori masu auna tauraron dan adam.  Binciken da ta yi da NASA ya kai ta Namibiya, Afirka ta Kudu, a cikin 2016, inda ta lura da dangantakar da ke tsakanin hayakin wutar daji da samuwar gajimare a matsayin wani bangare na yakin NASA ORACLES. 

A cikin 2017, Tosca ya shiga cikin baiwa a Makarantar Cibiyar Fasaha ta Chicago (SAIC) a matsayin mataimakin farfesa.   Bayanan 2019 PBS na Tosca ya bayyana yadda bayan shekaru shida a dakin gwaje-gwaje na NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ta bar aikin koyarwa a SAIC, bayan da ta samu "tabbacin cewa masu fasaha za su iya taimaka wa masana kimiyya don sadarwa tare da jama'a muhimmancin barazanar sauyin yanayi da duniya ke fuskanta."  Rahoton Rahoton Medill na 2019 akan Tosca ya bayyana damuwarta cewa masana kimiyya sau da yawa ba sa ƙirƙirar ilimi ga jama'a, da imaninta cewa masu fasaha da masana kimiyya na iya yin aiki tare don haɓaka sadarwar kimiyya.  A SAIC, ta yi bincike kan alaƙa tsakanin fasaha da kimiyya, tare da masu fasaha da masu zane-zane don bincika tasirin sadarwar kimiyya da tambayoyin kimiyyar yanayi na zamani. 

A cikin Oktoba 2023, bayan yakin Isra'ila-Hamas na 2023, Tosca ya buga abin da Hukumar Kula da Talabijin ta Yahudawa ta bayyana a matsayin "mummunan ra'ayi na kin Isra'ila" akan Instagram . A rana ta gaba, Tosca ya nemi afuwa game da maganganun, kuma shugaban SAIC ya rubuta cewa makarantar "ta ƙi irin waɗannan ra'ayoyin ƙiyayya."   Tun daga watan Janairu 2024, SAIC ba ta da aikin Tosca. 

 Ilimin sadarwa da wayar da kai 
Tosca yana ba da shawarar ƙara wayar da kan jama'a game da sauyin yanayi.   A cikin 2017, ta yi magana da Inman News game da tasirin sauyin yanayi a kan masana'antar gidaje da abin da mutane za su iya yi don taimakawa.  A cikin 2019, ta yi magana da AGU TV ( American Geophysical Union ) game da tasirin muhalli na hayakin wutar daji. 

Bugu da ƙari, ta bayar da shawarar yadda haɗin kai tsakanin queer na zamani, mata, da al'amuran muhalli ke da alaƙa da bayar da shawarwari game da rikicin yanayi. Wani bayanin martaba na Tosca a cikin jaridar ɗalibi mai zaman kanta ta Jami'ar Bristol Epigram ta bayyana Tosca ta gano wani "daidaici mai ban sha'awa" lokacin da ta rubuta cewa, 'Shekaru 50 da suka gabata… da gaske mai sauyi.'  The Windy City Times ya nakalto Tosca yana tattaunawa game da "mahimman daidaito tsakanin rikicin wanzuwar da ke fuskantar duniya da kuma rikicin wanzuwar da ke fuskantar yawancin masu canza jinsi yayin da muka fara yin la'akari da kuma yarda da namu jinsi." 

A cikin 2021, an saka sunan Tosca a matsayin ɗayan Grist 50, saboda aikinta na haɓaka haɗin gwiwa tsakanin masana kimiyya da masu fasaha.  

 Shawara ga mutanen trans 
Lokacin da batun ya taso a cikin al'ummar kimiyya game da yadda mujallolin kimiyya za su mayar da martani ga masu binciken da suka canza jinsinsu kuma suka canza suna, editan Cell a Chief John Pham ya tuntubi Tosca don jin ra'ayinta, duk da cewa batun bai shafe ta ba saboda wallafe-wallafen da aka buga kafin canja wuri kawai ta amfani da baƙaƙen ta, waɗanda suka dace da baƙaƙen farko na yanzu; Tosca ya gaya wa Masanin Kimiyya, "Babban abin da [mujallu za su iya] yi game da mutanen trans shine ya ba su damar canza sunayensu ba tare da wani tsari mai banƙyama ba." 

Tosca ya bayyana a cikin kafofin watsa labarai a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga al'amuran trans. A cikin 2018, bayan masana kimiyya fiye da 1,600 sun sanya hannu kan wata budaddiyar wasika  masu adawa da shirin gwamnatin Trump don ma'anar shari'a game da jinsi,  Tosca ya yi magana da Buzzfeed News, yana mai cewa, "A matsayina na mace ta trans kuma a matsayin masanin kimiyya, wani hari ne a kan bil'adamata, ikon da nake da shi na wanzuwa a cikin duniya da gaske, "kuma yana da mahimmanci ga sararin samaniya. kamar yadda masana kimiyya da yawa za mu iya cewa don haka masana kimiyya da kanmu ba su da hannu wajen inganta wannan yunƙurin da ba na kimiyya ba.  A cikin 2019, ta yi magana da The Chicago Tribune game da hukuncin Kotun Koli ta Amurka da ke tabbatar da manufar gwamnatin Trump kan mutanen da suka canza jinsi a cikin soja, kuma ta bayyana cewa "yana da mahimmanci cewa trans folks su sami damar shiga a matsayin cikakkun 'yan ƙasa." 

 Ayyukan da aka zaɓa 
A cikin 2017, aikin Tosca tare da Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) an nuna shi ta dakin gwaje-gwaje na NASA Jet Propulsion. 

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Tosca ya gaya wa Chicago Reader a cikin 2018 cewa fim din Ferngully ya rinjayi shawararta ta zama masanin kimiyyar yanayi / muhalli, yana mai cewa, "Jarumar wasan kwaikwayon almara ce ta mace kuma duk da cewa an sanya ni namiji a lokacin haihuwa, koyaushe ina tunanin kaina a matsayinta - na yaki da kamfanoni da zama kaza mai ban tsoro." 

 Manazarta 

 Hanyoyin haɗi na waje 


 Mika Tosca publications indexed by Google Scholar
 NASA Airborne Science Program, Mika Tosca
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