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'''Deborah Berebichez''' is a Mexican physicist, data scientist, TV host, educator and entrepreneur who dedicates her career to promoting education in science, technology, engineering and math ([[STEM fields|STEM]]) fields. She was the first Mexican woman to graduate with a Ph.D. in physics from [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/berebichez |title=Facebook Deborah Berebiches |access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sciencewithdebbie.com |title=Science with Debbie|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref> She has developed models for cellular wave transmission which are in the process of being patented. Sometimes known as "The Science Babe", she appears in mainstream television and radio segments where she explains concepts in physics in everyday life.
'''Deborah Berebichez''' is a Mexican physicist, data scientist, TV host, educator and entrepreneur who dedicates her career to promoting education in science, technology, engineering and math ([[STEM fields|STEM]]) fields. She was the first Mexican woman to graduate with a Ph.D. in physics from [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/berebichez |title=Facebook Deborah Berebiches |website=[[Facebook]] |access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sciencewithdebbie.com |title=Science with Debbie|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref> She has developed models for cellular wave transmission which are in the process of being patented. Sometimes known as "The Science Babe", she appears in mainstream television and radio segments where she explains concepts in [[physics]] in everyday life.


==Education==
==Education==
According to Berebichez, she was a curious girl,<ref name="storycollider" /><ref name="aps" /> good at math and science<ref name="brandeis" /> and dreamed of becoming an astronaut.<ref name="aps" /> Growing up as a girl in a conservative community.<ref name="forbes" /><ref name="storycollider" /><ref name="aps" /> she felt discouraged from pursuing a career in science<ref name="forbes" /><ref name="storycollider" /><ref name="aps" /> Despite being more interested in physics, she started studying philosophy and completed the first two years in Mexico City<ref name="forbes" /> while secretly applying to schools in the US after having heard that they allowed students to complete several majors.<ref name="forbes" /> She is Jewish.<ref>https://www.jwi.org/articles/women-to-watch-2015/deborah-berebichez</ref>
According to Berebichez, she was a curious girl,<ref name="storycollider" /><ref name="aps" /> good at math and science<ref name="brandeis" /> and dreamed of becoming an astronaut.<ref name="aps" /> Growing up as a girl in a conservative community,<ref name="forbes" /><ref name="storycollider" /><ref name="aps" /> she felt discouraged from pursuing a career in science.<ref name="forbes" /><ref name="storycollider" /><ref name="aps" /> Despite being more interested in physics, she started studying philosophy and completed the first two years of university in Mexico City<ref name="forbes" /> while secretly applying to schools in the US, after having heard that they allowed students to complete several majors.<ref name="forbes" /> She is Jewish.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.jwi.org/articles/women-to-watch-2015/deborah-berebichez |title = Deborah Berebichez| date=29 January 2016 }}</ref>


After passing an advanced placement test,<ref name="storycollider" /> she was accepted for a Wien scholarship at Brandeis, Massachusetts<ref name="brandeis" /><ref name="forbes" /> where she at first continued her studies in philosophy. Here, she encountered her first science course, an intro-course to Astronomy<ref name="brandeis" /><ref name="storycollider" /><ref name="aps" /> and in her senior year she decided she needed give physics a try.<ref name="aps" /> Inspired by [[Edward Witten]]'s previous switch from history to physics,<ref name="brandeis" /> she was allowed to switch from philosophy to physics and to skip the first two years of the physics major after passing a test in vector calculus.<ref name="forbes" /> After studying math and physics over the summer for 12 hours each day<ref name="forbes" /><ref name="storycollider" /><ref name="aps" /> she passed the test. In the end, she completed the four years physics curriculum in two years<ref name="brandeis" /> and Graduated Brandeis Summa Cum Laude with highest honors in physics and philosophy.<ref name="storycollider" />
After passing an advanced placement test,<ref name="storycollider" /> she was accepted for a Wien scholarship at [[Brandeis University]] in Massachusetts<ref name="brandeis" /><ref name="forbes" /> where she at first continued her studies in philosophy. Here, she encountered her first science course, an intro-course to Astronomy<ref name="brandeis" /><ref name="storycollider" /><ref name="aps" /> and in her senior year she decided she needed give physics a try.<ref name="aps" /> Inspired by [[Edward Witten]]'s previous switch from history to physics,<ref name="brandeis" /> she was allowed to switch from philosophy to physics and to skip the first two years of the physics major after passing a test in [[vector calculus]].<ref name="forbes" /> After studying math and physics over the summer for 12 hours each day<ref name="forbes" /><ref name="storycollider" /><ref name="aps" /> she passed the test. In the end, she completed the four years physics curriculum in two years<ref name="brandeis" /> and graduated from Brandeis ''summa cum laude'' with highest honors in physics and philosophy.<ref name="storycollider" />


After Brandeis, she returned to Mexico where she completed a master's in physics. She won a merit-based full scholarship from the Mexican government<ref name="storycollider" /> and went on to complete a PhD in physics from Stanford<ref name="brandeis" /><ref name="huffingtonpost" /> in 2004.<ref name="forbes" /> While at Stanford, she worked with Nobel laureate [[Steven Chu]] from 1998<ref name="storycollider" /> and co-created the Association for the Advancement of Women in Physics with another female student.<ref name="forbes" /> It was through her interviews with professors, that she discovered that she was going to become the first woman from Mexico to earn a PhD in physics from Standard.<ref name="forbes" />
After Brandeis, she returned to Mexico where she completed a master's in physics. She won a merit-based full scholarship from the Mexican government<ref name="storycollider" /> and went on to complete a PhD in physics from Stanford<ref name="brandeis" /><ref name="huffingtonpost" /> in 2004.<ref name="forbes" /> While at Stanford, she worked with Nobel laureate [[Steven Chu]] from 1998<ref name="storycollider" /> and co-created the Association for the Advancement of Women in Physics with another female student.<ref name="forbes" /> It was through her interviews with professors, that she discovered that she was going to become the first woman from Mexico to earn a PhD in physics from Stanford.<ref name="forbes" />


==Career==
==Career==
After completing her PhD, Berebichez was a post-doctoral researcher first at Columbia University's Applied Math and Physics Department and later at NYU's Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences. Dr. Berebichez has written scholarly articles on the subject of altering the structural design of optical, mechanical and electrical systems in order to prevent signal transmission loss due to wave scattering.<ref name="Structural_Multi" /> She is a member of the [[American Physical Society]].<ref name="Berebichez_CV" />
[[File:Outrageous Acts of Thinking-Berebichez - NECSS 2015.JPG|right|thumb|upright|Berebichez speaks on Outrageous Acts of Thinking at the [[Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism]] (NECSS) on April 12, 2015, at F.I.T. Haft Auditorium in New York City.]]
After completing her PhD, Berebichez was a post-doctoral researcher first at [[Columbia University|Columbia University's]] Applied Math and Physics Department and later at [[New York University|NYU]]'s Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences. Dr. Berebichez has written scholarly articles on the subject of altering the structural design of optical, mechanical and electrical systems in order to prevent signal transmission loss due to wave scattering.<ref name="Structural_Multi" /> She is a member of the [[American Physical Society]].<ref name="Berebichez_CV" />


Berebichez is the Chief Data Scientist at Metis, a leading [[data science]] training provider. At Metis she leads the creation and growth of data science training opportunities, including bootcamps, corporate training, professional development, and online programs.<ref name="metis" /> She is an active contributor to the national data science ecosystem through public speaking, presentations, and panels at data science conferences and has appeared as a guest expert on CNN and Nova.<ref name="forbes" /><ref name="huffingtonpost" /> Previously, she worked on Wall Street as an equity risk analyst for [[MSCI| MSCI Barra]]<ref name="Berebichez_CV" /> and as the Vice President of Risk Analytics at [[Morgan Stanley]].<ref name="aps" />
Berebichez is the Chief Data Scientist at Metis, a leading [[data science]] training provider. At Metis she leads the creation and growth of data science training opportunities, including bootcamps, corporate training, professional development, and online programs.<ref name="metis" /> She is an active contributor to the national data science ecosystem through public speaking, presentations, and panels at data science conferences and has appeared as a guest expert on [[CNN]] and [[Nova (American TV program)|Nova]].<ref name="forbes" /><ref name="huffingtonpost" /> Previously, she worked on Wall Street as an equity risk analyst for [[MSCI|MSCI Barra]]<ref name="Berebichez_CV" /> and as the Vice President of Risk Analytics at [[Morgan Stanley]].<ref name="aps" />


Since 2012, Berebichez has been featured in the television show "You Have Been Warned" (a.k.a. "[[Outrageous Acts of Science]]") on [[The Science Channel]].<ref name="Berebichez_IMDB" /> She co-starred in National Geographic's Humanly Impossible from 2011.<ref name="huffingtonpost" /> In her "Science Babe" web video project, she explains everyday scientific phenomena and principles of physics in plain language, such as "The Physics of High Heels".<ref name="ScienceBabe_Video" /> She is a John C. Whitehead Fellow at the Foreign Policy Association, a winner of the Society of SHPE's STAR Award and a recipient for Top Latina Tech Blogger by the Association of Latinos in Social Media LATISM.
Since 2012, Berebichez has been featured in the television show "You Have Been Warned" (a.k.a. "[[Outrageous Acts of Science]]") on [[The Science Channel]].<ref name="Berebichez_IMDB" /> She co-starred in [[National Geographic (American TV channel)|National Geographic]]'s Humanly Impossible from 2011.<ref name="huffingtonpost" /> In her "Science Babe" web video project, she explains everyday scientific phenomena and principles of physics in plain language, such as "The Physics of High Heels".<ref name="ScienceBabe_Video" /> She is a John C. Whitehead Fellow at the [[Foreign Policy Association]], a winner of the [[Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers]] (SHPE) STAR Award and a recipient for Top Latina Tech Blogger by the Association of Latinos in Social Media (LATISM).

Over the past 10 years, Berebichez has been a recurring speaker at skeptic conferences such as the [[Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism]] and [[The Amazing Meeting|The Amaz!ng Meeting]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2016-10-27|title=NECSS – Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism|url=http://necss.org/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027103353/http://necss.org/|archive-date=2016-10-27|access-date=2020-12-20|website=NECSS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2015-09-24|title=NECSS – Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism|url=http://necss.org/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924192330/http://necss.org/|archive-date=2015-09-24|access-date=2020-12-20|website=NECSS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2014-09-21|title=NECSS – Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism|url=http://www.necss.org/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921004615/http://www.necss.org/|archive-date=2014-09-21|access-date=2020-12-20|website=NECSS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2013-08-31|title=NECSS – Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism|url=http://necss.org/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831002628/http://necss.org/|archive-date=2013-08-31|access-date=2020-12-20|website=NECSS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2012-10-04|title=NECSS – Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism|url=http://necss.org/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004162844/http://necss.org/|archive-date=2012-10-04|access-date=2020-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2015-09-26|title=2015 Speakers {{!}} TAM! 2015|url=https://www.amazingmeeting.com/the-amazng-meeting-2015/2015speakers/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926070940/https://www.amazingmeeting.com/the-amazng-meeting-2015/2015speakers/|archive-date=2015-09-26|access-date=2020-12-20|website=TAM! 2015}}</ref>


==Volunteer work==
==Volunteer work==
She was the 2013 Global Ambassador for the [[Technovation Challenge]],<ref name=Technovation_challenge>{{cite web |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/technovation-challenge-wins-revup2050-presented-by-nbcuniversal-and-the-feast-228206211.html |title=Technovation Challenge Wins #RevUp2050 Presented By NBCUniversal And The Feast |editor=NBCUniversal |date=2013-10-17 |accessdate=2019-04-20}}</ref> an international educational competition sponsored by technology non-profit Iridescent<ref name=Iridescent>{{cite web|url=http://iridescentlearning.org/|title=Iridescent|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref> that promotes the programming of science-based mobile applications by girls and young women all across the globe, including creating a business model around the new application and instructing participants on how to pitch their applications to investors.<ref name=Technovation_Vimeo>{{cite web|title=Debbie Berebichez and Graciela Garcia discuss the importance of the Technovation Challenge|url=https://vimeo.com/97465506|publisher=The Feast|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref><ref name=Technovation_MSN>{{cite web|last1=Richinick|first1=Michele|title= Tech women school next gen |url=http://www.msnbc.com/afternoon-mojoe/tech-women-school-next-gen|website=Afternoon MoJoe|publisher=MSNBC|access-date=2019-01-21|date=30 September 2013}}</ref>
She was the 2013 Global Ambassador for the [[Technovation Challenge]],<ref name=Technovation_challenge>{{cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/technovation-challenge-wins-revup2050-presented-by-nbcuniversal-and-the-feast-228206211.html |title=Technovation Challenge Wins #RevUp2050 Presented By NBCUniversal And The Feast |editor=NBCUniversal |date=2013-10-17 |accessdate=2019-04-20}}</ref> an international educational competition sponsored by technology non-profit Iridescent<ref name=Iridescent>{{cite web|url=http://iridescentlearning.org/|title=Iridescent|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref> that promotes the programming of science-based mobile applications by girls and young women all across the globe, including creating a business model around the new application and instructing participants on how to pitch their applications to investors.<ref name=Technovation_Vimeo>{{cite web|title=Debbie Berebichez and Graciela Garcia discuss the importance of the Technovation Challenge|url=https://vimeo.com/97465506|publisher=The Feast|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref><ref name=Technovation_MSN>{{cite web|last1=Richinick|first1=Michele|title= Tech women school next gen |url=http://www.msnbc.com/afternoon-mojoe/tech-women-school-next-gen|website=Afternoon MoJoe|publisher=MSNBC|access-date=2019-01-21|date=30 September 2013}}</ref>


Berebichez says her mission is to help women and minorities enter STEM fields.<ref name="brandeis" /><ref name="aps" /><ref name="msnbc" />
Berebichez says her mission is to help women and minorities enter [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] fields.<ref name="brandeis" /><ref name="aps" /><ref name="Technovation_MSN" />


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Berebichez is married to physicist Neer Asterie.<ref name=Vows_NYT>{{cite web|last1=Hodge|first1=Channon|title=Two Physicists Recapture Their Chemistry|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCJiHZElo-Y|website=Vows - The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-21|date=24 December 2014}}</ref>
Berebichez is married to physicist Neer Asherie.<ref name=Vows_NYT>{{cite web|last1=Hodge|first1=Channon|title=Two Physicists Recapture Their Chemistry|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCJiHZElo-Y|website=Vows – The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-21|date=24 December 2014}}</ref> They have a daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our month in Ireland|url=http://www.sciencewithdebbie.com/blog/2018/6/2/our-month-in-ireland|access-date=2020-12-20|website=Debbie Berebichez|date=2 June 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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<ref name="brandeis">{{Cite web|url=http://www.brandeis.edu/magazine/2017/winter/featured-stories/bq-berebichez.html|title=Deborah Berebichez ’96|website=Brandeis Magazine|language=en|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
<ref name="brandeis">{{Cite web|url=http://www.brandeis.edu/magazine/2017/winter/featured-stories/bq-berebichez.html|title=Deborah Berebichez '96|website=Brandeis Magazine|language=en|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
<ref name="forbes">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurencebradford/2016/11/15/trailblazing-in-physics-data-science-and-beyond-with-deborah-berebichez/|title=Dr. Deborah Berebichez On Overcoming Barriers To Achievement For Women In STEM|last=Bradford|first=Laurence|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
<ref name="forbes">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurencebradford/2016/11/15/trailblazing-in-physics-data-science-and-beyond-with-deborah-berebichez/|title=Dr. Deborah Berebichez On Overcoming Barriers To Achievement For Women In STEM|last=Bradford|first=Laurence|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
<ref name="storycollider">{{Cite web|url=https://www.storycollider.org/blog/2012/features/qa-with-deborah-berebichez-seeing-the-world-through-physics-glasses|title=Q&A With Deborah Berebichez: Seeing the World Through Physics Glasses|website=The Story Collider|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
<ref name="storycollider">{{Cite web|url=https://www.storycollider.org/blog/2012/features/qa-with-deborah-berebichez-seeing-the-world-through-physics-glasses|title=Q&A With Deborah Berebichez: Seeing the World Through Physics Glasses|website=The Story Collider|date=12 July 2012 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/deborah-berebichez|title=Deborah Berebichez {{!}} HuffPost|website=www.huffingtonpost.com|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/deborah-berebichez|title=Deborah Berebichez {{!}} HuffPost|website=www.huffingtonpost.com|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
<ref name="aps">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/careers/physicists/profiles/berebichez.cfm|title=Deborah Berebichez|website=www.aps.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
<ref name="aps">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/careers/physicists/profiles/berebichez.cfm|title=Deborah Berebichez|website=www.aps.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
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<ref name="Structural_Multi">{{cite journal|last1=Heider|first1=P|last2=Berebichez|first2=D|last3=Kohn|first3=R.V.|last4=Weinstein|first4=M.I.|date=20 Feb 2008|title=Optimization of scattering resonances|journal=Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization|publisher=Springer-Verlag|volume=36|issue=5|pages=443–456|doi=10.1007/s00158-007-0201-8|s2cid=17702825|issn=1615-1488}}<!--|access-date=2019-01-21--></ref>
<ref name="msnbc">{{Cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.com/afternoon-mojoe/tech-women-school-next-gen|title=Tech women school next gen|date=2013-09-30|website=MSNBC|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
<ref name="metis">{{cite web|url=http://www.thisismetis.com/team|title=Metis – Meet Our Team|website=Metis team listings|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
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<ref name="Structural_Multi">{{cite journal|last1=Heider|first1=P|last2=Berebichez|first2=D|last3=Kohn|first3=R.V.|last4=Weinstein|first4=M.I.|date=20 Feb 2008|title=Optimization of scattering resonances|journal=Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization|publisher=Springer-Verlag|volume=36|issue=5|pages=443–456|doi=10.1007/s00158-007-0201-8|issn=1615-1488}}<!--|access-date=2019-01-21--></ref>
<ref name="metis">{{cite web|url=http://www.thisismetis.com/team|title=Metis - Meet Our Team|website=Metis team listings|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
<ref name="Berebichez_IMDB">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5636666/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1|title=Debbie Berebichez IMDB|website=IMDB|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
<ref name="Berebichez_IMDB">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5636666/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1|title=Debbie Berebichez IMDB|website=IMDB|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
<ref name="ScienceBabe_Video">{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencewithdebbie.com/tv-film/|title=The Science Babe - Video|website=Science with Debbie|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
<ref name="ScienceBabe_Video">{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencewithdebbie.com/tv-film/|title=The Science Babe – Video|website=Science with Debbie|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
<ref name=Berebichez_CV>{{cite web|title=Deborah Berebichez Curriculum Vitae|url=http://www.thesciencebabe.com/media/Berebichez_CV.pdf|access-date=2019-01-21|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106052340/http://www.thesciencebabe.com/media/Berebichez_CV.pdf|archivedate=2015-11-06|url-status=dead|website=The Science Babe}}</ref>
<ref name="Berebichez_CV">{{cite web|title=Deborah Berebichez Curriculum Vitae|url=http://www.thesciencebabe.com/media/Berebichez_CV.pdf|access-date=2019-01-21|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106052340/http://www.thesciencebabe.com/media/Berebichez_CV.pdf|archivedate=2015-11-06|url-status=dead|website=The Science Babe}}</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
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"Science Babe" redirects here. For the blogger and chemist known as "SciBabe", see Yvette d'Entremont.
Deborah Berebichez
Berebichez at the 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
NationalityMexican
Occupation(s)Physicist, data scientist, TV host, educator and entrepreneur
Websitewww.sciencewithdebbie.com

Deborah Berebichez is a Mexican physicist, data scientist, TV host, educator and entrepreneur who dedicates her career to promoting education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. She was the first Mexican woman to graduate with a Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University.[1][2] She has developed models for cellular wave transmission which are in the process of being patented. Sometimes known as "The Science Babe", she appears in mainstream television and radio segments where she explains concepts in physics in everyday life.

Education

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According to Berebichez, she was a curious girl,[3][4] good at math and science[5] and dreamed of becoming an astronaut.[4] Growing up as a girl in a conservative community,[6][3][4] she felt discouraged from pursuing a career in science.[6][3][4] Despite being more interested in physics, she started studying philosophy and completed the first two years of university in Mexico City[6] while secretly applying to schools in the US, after having heard that they allowed students to complete several majors.[6] She is Jewish.[7]

After passing an advanced placement test,[3] she was accepted for a Wien scholarship at Brandeis University in Massachusetts[5][6] where she at first continued her studies in philosophy. Here, she encountered her first science course, an intro-course to Astronomy[5][3][4] and in her senior year she decided she needed give physics a try.[4] Inspired by Edward Witten's previous switch from history to physics,[5] she was allowed to switch from philosophy to physics and to skip the first two years of the physics major after passing a test in vector calculus.[6] After studying math and physics over the summer for 12 hours each day[6][3][4] she passed the test. In the end, she completed the four years physics curriculum in two years[5] and graduated from Brandeis summa cum laude with highest honors in physics and philosophy.[3]

After Brandeis, she returned to Mexico where she completed a master's in physics. She won a merit-based full scholarship from the Mexican government[3] and went on to complete a PhD in physics from Stanford[5][8] in 2004.[6] While at Stanford, she worked with Nobel laureate Steven Chu from 1998[3] and co-created the Association for the Advancement of Women in Physics with another female student.[6] It was through her interviews with professors, that she discovered that she was going to become the first woman from Mexico to earn a PhD in physics from Stanford.[6]

Career

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Berebichez speaks on Outrageous Acts of Thinking at the Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism (NECSS) on April 12, 2015, at F.I.T. Haft Auditorium in New York City.

After completing her PhD, Berebichez was a post-doctoral researcher first at Columbia University's Applied Math and Physics Department and later at NYU's Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences. Dr. Berebichez has written scholarly articles on the subject of altering the structural design of optical, mechanical and electrical systems in order to prevent signal transmission loss due to wave scattering.[9] She is a member of the American Physical Society.[10]

Berebichez is the Chief Data Scientist at Metis, a leading data science training provider. At Metis she leads the creation and growth of data science training opportunities, including bootcamps, corporate training, professional development, and online programs.[11] She is an active contributor to the national data science ecosystem through public speaking, presentations, and panels at data science conferences and has appeared as a guest expert on CNN and Nova.[6][8] Previously, she worked on Wall Street as an equity risk analyst for MSCI Barra[10] and as the Vice President of Risk Analytics at Morgan Stanley.[4]

Since 2012, Berebichez has been featured in the television show "You Have Been Warned" (a.k.a. "Outrageous Acts of Science") on The Science Channel.[12] She co-starred in National Geographic's Humanly Impossible from 2011.[8] In her "Science Babe" web video project, she explains everyday scientific phenomena and principles of physics in plain language, such as "The Physics of High Heels".[13] She is a John C. Whitehead Fellow at the Foreign Policy Association, a winner of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) STAR Award and a recipient for Top Latina Tech Blogger by the Association of Latinos in Social Media (LATISM).

Over the past 10 years, Berebichez has been a recurring speaker at skeptic conferences such as the Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism and The Amaz!ng Meeting.[14][15][16][17][18][19]

Volunteer work

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She was the 2013 Global Ambassador for the Technovation Challenge,[20] an international educational competition sponsored by technology non-profit Iridescent[21] that promotes the programming of science-based mobile applications by girls and young women all across the globe, including creating a business model around the new application and instructing participants on how to pitch their applications to investors.[22][23]

Berebichez says her mission is to help women and minorities enter STEM fields.[5][4][23]

Personal life

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Berebichez is married to physicist Neer Asherie.[24] They have a daughter.[25]

References

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  1. ^ "Facebook Deborah Berebiches". Facebook. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  2. ^ "Science with Debbie". Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Q&A With Deborah Berebichez: Seeing the World Through Physics Glasses". The Story Collider. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Deborah Berebichez". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Deborah Berebichez '96". Brandeis Magazine. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Bradford, Laurence. "Dr. Deborah Berebichez On Overcoming Barriers To Achievement For Women In STEM". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  7. ^ "Deborah Berebichez". 29 January 2016.
  8. ^ a b c "Deborah Berebichez | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  9. ^ Heider, P; Berebichez, D; Kohn, R.V.; Weinstein, M.I. (20 Feb 2008). "Optimization of scattering resonances". Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 36 (5). Springer-Verlag: 443–456. doi:10.1007/s00158-007-0201-8. ISSN 1615-1488. S2CID 17702825.
  10. ^ a b "Deborah Berebichez Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). The Science Babe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  11. ^ "Metis – Meet Our Team". Metis team listings. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  12. ^ "Debbie Berebichez IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  13. ^ "The Science Babe – Video". Science with Debbie. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  14. ^ "NECSS – Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism". NECSS. 2016-10-27. Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  15. ^ "NECSS – Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism". NECSS. 2015-09-24. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  16. ^ "NECSS – Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism". NECSS. 2014-09-21. Archived from the original on 2014-09-21. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  17. ^ "NECSS – Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism". NECSS. 2013-08-31. Archived from the original on 2013-08-31. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  18. ^ "NECSS – Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism". 2012-10-04. Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  19. ^ "2015 Speakers | TAM! 2015". TAM! 2015. 2015-09-26. Archived from the original on 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  20. ^ NBCUniversal, ed. (2013-10-17). "Technovation Challenge Wins #RevUp2050 Presented By NBCUniversal And The Feast" (Press release). Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  21. ^ "Iridescent". Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  22. ^ "Debbie Berebichez and Graciela Garcia discuss the importance of the Technovation Challenge". The Feast. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  23. ^ a b Richinick, Michele (30 September 2013). "Tech women school next gen". Afternoon MoJoe. MSNBC. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  24. ^ Hodge, Channon (24 December 2014). "Two Physicists Recapture Their Chemistry". Vows – The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  25. ^ "Our month in Ireland". Debbie Berebichez. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
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External videos
video icon “Deborah Berebichez – A Non-Stop Skeptic in a Believer's World”, May 22, 2013, NECSS
video icon "Debbie Berebichez – How Physics Gains Insight from Interconnectivity", 11 November 2010, TEDxEast
video icon “Dr. Deborah Berebichez – Iridescent", November 2, 2012
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