Daniel Whiteson is a particle physicist at the University of California at Irvine. Along with Jorge Cham, the cartoonist behind PHD Comics, he hosts the podcast Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe. This podcast makes the field of particle physics accessible to those of us who lack the necessary academic preparation.
On Twitter, Whiteson shares the journey of one of his younger fans who started her path into applied physics by listening to the podcast and is now ready for the next step in his classroom at UC Irvine.
One of the highest aspirations of a teacher is to make a difference to his students. It looks like Dr. Whiteson has succeeded.