People Behind the Science Podcast

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Angelique C. Johnson is Founder and CEO of the startup company MEMStim LLC which is dedicated to reducing the cost of cochlear implants to treat hearing loss. She is also an adjunct faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Louisville. She […] The post 644: Dr. Angelique Johnson: Wired for Innovation: M...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Cullen Buie is an Associate Professor and the Esther and Harold E. Egerton Career Development Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University and his M.S. and Ph. D. […] The post 643: Dr. Cullen Buie: Modify...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Since recording this episode, Dr. Karmella Haynes has joined the faculty in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech School of Engineering and Emory University School of Medicine. At the time of recording, Karmella was an Assistant Professor in the Ira A. Fulton […] The post 642: Dr. Karmella Haynes: Expr...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Laurie Santos is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Comparative Cognition Laboratory at Yale University. She received her B.A. in Psychology and Biology from Harvard and Radcliffe College, and went on to complete her M.A. and Ph. D. in Psychology from Harvard University. Among Laurie’s […] The post 641: Dr. Laurie Santos: Co...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Lewis Cantley is the Director of the Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medical College as well as the Stanton Clinical Cancer Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He is also Professor of Cancer Biology in Medicine and Professor in Oncology Research at Weill Cornell Medical […] The post 640: Dr. Lewis Cantley: A Pathway to Succ...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Jon Butterworth is a Professor of Physics and Head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London. He received his B.A. in Physics and his Ph. D. in Particle Physics from the University of Oxford. Afterwards, Jon was hired by Pennsylvania State University […] The post 639: Dr. Jon Butterworth: Colliding Particl...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Maria Marco is an Associate Professor in The Department of Food Science & Technology at The University of California, Davis. She received her BS at The Pennsylvania State University and her PhD in Microbiology at the University of California, Berkeley. She went on to work […] The post 638: Dr. Maria Marco: Feeding Our Understanding...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Sandra Encalada is the Arlene and Arnold Goldstein Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine and a Dorris Neuroscience Center Investigator at Scripps Research Institute in California. Sandra received her bachelor’s degree in physics from Earlham College, her M.S. in population genetics from the […] The post 637: Dr. S...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Russell Foster is Professor and Chair of Circadian Neuroscience, Supernumerary Fellow in Circadian Neuroscience, Head of the Department of Ophthalmology, a Nicholas Kurti Senior Fellow, Head of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Head of The Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at Brasenose college at […] The post 636: D...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Spencer Barrett is the University Professor, Canada Research Chair, and Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Botany from the University of Reading in England and received his PhD […] The post 635: Dr. Spencer Barrett: Sc...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Jill Pruetz is a Professor of Anthropology at Iowa State University and a National Geographic Society Emerging Explorer. In addition, Jill is the founder of the non-profit organization NeighborApe that she founded in 2008. She received her BA in Anthropology from Texas State University and […] The post 634: Dr. Jill Pruetz: Hunting for...

Listen Free in iTunes Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Sophia Hayes is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley and worked for a few years afterward as an associate for a management consulting firm […] The post 633: Dr. Sophia Hayes: Demonstra...

Listen Free in iTunes Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Glenn Rall is a Professor at the Fox Chase Cancer Center. He is also the Leader of the Inflammation Working Group there and Co-Leader of the Immune Cell Development and Host Defense Program. In addition, Glenn is the Associate Chief Academic Officer and Director of […] The post 632: Dr. Glenn Rall: Injecting Humor and Optimism into the...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Stephanie Wear is a Senior Scientist and Strategy Advisor at The Nature Conservancy, as well as a Visiting Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and a Visiting Scientist at Duke University Marine Lab. Stephanie received her B.A. […] The post 631: Dr. Stephanie Wear: Conducti...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Eric Green is the Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health. He received his B.S. in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and his M.D. and Ph. D. in Cell Biology from Washington University in St. Louis. Afterward, Eric […] The post 630: Dr. Eric Green: Mapping Our Ge...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Mariana Wolfner is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University. She received her BA in Genetics and Chemistry from Cornell University, and her PhD in Biochemistry from Stanford University. She did postdoctoral work […] The post 629: Dr. Mariana Wolfner:...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Cassandra Quave holds a joint appointment as Associate Professor of Dermatology in the Emory University School of Medicine and Emory Center for the Study of Human Health. She is also Director/Curator of the Emory University Herbarium, CEO of CLQ Botanicals (a company providing consulting services […] The post 628: Dr. Cassandra Quave:...

Listen Free in iTunes Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Michael Dickinson is the Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering  at the California Institute of Technology. He received his PhD in Zoology from the University of Washington and afterwards worked briefly at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany. Michael […] The post 627: Dr. Michael Dick...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Michael Archer is a Professor of Paleobiology in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of New South Wales in Australia. Mike received his undergraduate education from Princeton University in Geology and Biology. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in […] The post 626: Dr. Michael Arche...

Listen Free in iTunes Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Nancy Mills was a Murchison Professor (2011-2014) at Trinity University. She received her PhD in Chemistry from the University of Arizona and she spent a few years teaching at Carleton College in Minnesota before joining the faculty at Trinity. Nancy has received many awards and honors […] The post 625: Dr. Nancy Mills: An Organic Chemi...

Listen Free in iTunes Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. James Pipas is the Herbert W. and Grace Boyer Chair in Molecular Biology and Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his PhD in Molecular Biophysics from Florida State University and completed his postdoctoral training at Baylor College and the John […] The post 624: Dr. James Pipas: Making Valuable...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Autumn-Lynn Harrison is Program Manager of the Migratory Connectivity Project and a Research Ecologist at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Duke University and an Affiliate Professor at George Mason University. Autumn-Lynn received her B.S. degrees in Environmental Science […] The post...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Jennifer Grandis is a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and Associate Vice Chancellor of Clinical and Translational Research at the University of California, San Francisco. She is also an American Cancer […] The post 622: Dr. Jennif...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Robert C. Malenka is the Pritzker Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director of the Pritzker Laboratory, and Deputy Director of the Stanford Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and his MD and PhD in Neuroscience from the […] The post 621: Dr. Robert...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Wendy Chung is the Herbert Irving Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine and Director of Clinical Genetics at Columbia University. She received her undergraduate training at Cornell University and went on to receive her PhD in Molecular Genetics from Rockefeller University and her M.D. from […] The post 620: Dr. Wendy Chung: Hu...