Dr. Murthy Gudipati of JPL-Caltech works on understanding the physics and chemistry of interstellar and Solar System ices through laboratory simulations, observations and instrumentation or simply evolution of ices in the Universe. Originally from a small village in southern India, Dr Gudipati tells us about the journey that his career has taken him on. His key pieces of advice include to be resilient, think out of the box, keep reprioritising your activities and make sure that you have back-up plans.

Presented by Rutu Parekh, DLR. A Lightcurve Films production for EPEC Diversity Working Group.

Acknowledgements: Europlanet Society, Europlanet Diversity Committee, EPEC Committee.