Rezy Pradipta

“I work in the, in space-science and space-weather, and it’s undoubtedly a very global enterprise. I mean, [a] threat from space doesn’t just affect the United States or Canada or or European countries actually affects everybody.  So, naturally, we need a lot of international collaborations I think.  What I really want to do forward is to strengthen this international collaboration and try to bridge the gaps that still exist, where there is gaps in expertise, I mean.  It’s it’s good for people from wealthy countries to collaborate with with scientists from developing countries but the gap in expertise sometimes gets in the way.

Due to my connection to the Abdul Latif Jameel scholar[ship], actually as this new efforts and initiatives from from Community Jameel sprung up like the J-PAL the [Abdul Latif Jameel] Poverty Action Lab [at MIT], and J-WEL for education, and then J-WAFS for water and food security, actually brings a sense of special connection to those efforts even though I’m not really, I’m not directly involved with them, but you know, it feels like we’re in the same boat.  And sometimes it helps me when I get stuck on my work that we’re not alone in trying to solve the world’s problems.”

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