Scientific Sense ®

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. James Robinson is Professor of Global Conflict Studies and University Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. His work explores the underlying causes of economic and political divergence both historically and today and uses both the mathematical and quantitative methods of economics along with the case study, qualitative...

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. George Schatz is Professor of Chemistry and of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University. His research involves theory and computation as applies to problems in nanotechnology, properties of materials, macromolecular structures and dynamics, molecular self-assembly, optics, plasma science, materials physics and biophysics. For the produc...

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Stephanie Seneff is a Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. For over three decades, her research interests have always been at the intersection of biology and computation – developing a computational model for the human auditory system, understanding human language so as to develop algorithms and systems...

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Reinhilde Veugelers is Professor of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation at the KU Leuven in Belgium, known for her research on science and innovation. She is also a scholar at Bruegel in Brussels] and at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington D.C. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?...

Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Celina Lee is the CEO and co-founder of Zindi. Zindi hosts the largest community of African data scientists, working to solve the world’s most pressing challenges using machine learning and AI. It connects data scientists with organizations, and provide a place to learn, hone your skills and find a job. Zindi’s goal is to transform the African continent and showca...

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Barbara Petrongolo is a Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford. She is Fellow of the British Academy, Director of the CEPR Labor Economics Program and a Research Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance of the London School of Economics. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Lise Vesterlund is professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. She is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She is also on the board of editors of the Journal of Economic Perspectives and of the Experimental Economics journal. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Paul Sutter is a research professor at the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony Brook University and a guest researcher at the Center for Computational Astrophysics with the Flatiron Institute. He is also the host of popular podcast “Ask the Spaceman.” Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmati...

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Alexander Sack is professor and chair of applied cognitive neuroscience at Maastricht University. He is also co-founder and board member of the Dutch-Flemish Brain Stimulation Foundation. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Roman Sheremeta is Associate Professor of Economics at Case Western Reserve University, Co-Chair of Ukrainian American House and Founding Rector of American University of Kyiv. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Matthias Kling is Professor of Photon Science and Applied Physics at Stanford University and the Director of the Science, Research and Development (SRD) Division at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: James Tabery is professor at the University of Utah, with appointments in the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Internal Medicine (Center for Health Ethics, Arts, and the Humanities). His research areas are history and philosophy of science, as well as bioethics. Tyranny of the Gene: Personalized Medicine and Its Threat to Public Health Hardcover – De...

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Stephanie Cherqui is professor of Pediatrics at the University of California San Diego. Her research project is focused on the molecular characterization of cystinosis, a metabolic hereditary disease, and gene therapy. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Maria Castro is Professor of Neurosurgery, and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, at the University of Michigan Medical School. Her research program focuses on epigenetic regulation of cancer progression, uncovering the role of oncometabolites in the brain tumor microenvironment (TME), and the development of new therapies for adult and pediatric gl...

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ellen Armour is Professor and Chair of Feminist Theology at Vanderbilt Divinity School. She also directs the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender and Sexuality. In addition to Seeing and Believing, she is the author of Signs and Wonders: Theology After Modernity that was featured in a previous podcast. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.c...

Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Julio Guerrero who is CEO and founder of Cambridge Research and Technology L.L.C., which provides consulting services and actionable innovations in engineering and scientific fields at any stage of product development. Industries in which he has focused lately include Energy and Biomedical, with concentration in most domains inside Mechanical, Electronics, and...

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Julia Lane is a Professor at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She served in the National AI Research Resources task force and also on the advisory committee on data for evidence building. Her book democratizing our data a manifesto was published in 2020 and she was one of the early guests on this podcast.  Please subscribe to this chann...

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Ayelet Fishbach is Professor of Behavioral Science and Marketing at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and the past president of the Society for the Science of Motivation and the International Social Cognition Network (ISCON).   You think failure is hard? So is learning from it Motivating personal growth by seeking discomfort Social explorati...

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Holden Thorp is Editor-in-Chief of Science family of journals. Before he was provost at Washington University where he holds appointments in both chemistry and medicine.  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq8460 It ain’t over ’til it’s over   The Biden administration is sheepishly waving a checkered flag on the pandemic.  &nbsp...

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Leah Krubitzer is professor in the Department of Psychology and Center for Neuroscience at the University of California, Davis.   Her current research focuses on the impact of early experience on the cortical phenotype, and she specifically examines the effects of the sensory environment on the development of connections, functional organization an...

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Trey Ideker is Professor of Medicine, Bioengineering and Computer Science at the University of California, San Diego. He directs the National Resource for Network Biology, and the Cancer Cell Map and Psychiatric Cell Map Initiatives.   A multi-scale map of cell structure fusing protein images and interactions. Nature. 2021 Nov 24. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021...

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Alessandro Gavazza is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He is an applied economist, with main interests in industrial organization. His research focuses on the role of frictions in markets.  Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_con...

The Persistent Effects of Decreasing Labor-Market Discrimination, Do Youth Employment Programs Work? Evidence from the New Deal, The association between educational attainment and longevity using individual-level data from the 1940 census, Discrimination and Racial Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes, and The Incentive Effects of Cash Transfers to the Poor   Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen:...