{"id":873,"date":"2021-02-09T10:56:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T07:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/?p=873"},"modified":"2021-02-09T10:56:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T07:56:50","slug":"gdcteam-may-mumba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/gdcteam-may-mumba\/","title":{"rendered":"#GDCTeam May Mumba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Area of expertise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Geochemistry&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;Geochemistry is derived from two words, &amp;quot;Geo&rdquo; meaning Earth, and &amp;quot;Chemistry&rdquo; referring to the chemical composition of a substance. Geochemistry, therefore, refers to the study of the chemical composition of the Earth.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/glossary\/geochemistry\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes=\"[{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;data-cmtooltip&quot;, &quot;format&quot;:&quot;html&quot;}]\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Geochemistry<\/a> Technician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My area of expertise includes surface exploration, collecting samples in the field and when a well is discharged, doing Geo-hazard monitoring through analyzing the samples in the laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My contribution to the achievement of the GDC mandate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I provide timely data concerning the chemistry of the wells and of the intended field of exploration which is used to write a scientific report that helps in interpreting the data. I am also part of the team that sites wells and takes preventive and corrective measures for any circumstances that affect the productivity of the well. This is part of the journey towards the achievement of our mandate of providing <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Steam&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;Steam is the vapour component of geothermal fluid that contains thermal energy.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/glossary\/steam\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>steam<\/a> for electricity generation and promoting alternative uses of <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Geothermal Resources&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;Geothermal resources are reservoirs of hot fluids that exist at varying temperatures and depths below the Earth&amp;#039;s surface.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;They range from the shallow ground to hot water fluids found hundreds of meters beneath the Earth&amp;#039;s surface.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/glossary\/geothermal-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes=\"[{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;data-cmtooltip&quot;, &quot;format&quot;:&quot;html&quot;}]\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">geothermal resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Addressing the STEM gap<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Girls need mentorship as this helps them to understand that Science is not about gender and that there is nothing hard about science. Women in Science are models in the field and they are a testimony that Science is a subject like any other. They, therefore, need to believe in themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May Mumba #GDCTeam interview for International Day of Women and Girls in Science series<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[146],"class_list":["post-873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gdc-team","tag-women-in-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":876,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions\/876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}