People Behind the Science Podcast

Dr. Abby Smith is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Marine Science at the University of Otago. She Received her B.A. Degree in Geology and Biology from Colby College, her M.S. Degree in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her PhD in Earth Science from the […] The post 719: Dr. Abby Smith: Studying the Sea through S...

Dr. Antoine van Oijen is a Distinguished Professor and Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow in the School of Chemistry at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Antoine received his MSc and PhD in Physics from Leiden University in the Netherlands, where his graduate work was recognized with the C.J. Kok prize for best doctoral thesis. Afterwards, […] The post 718: Dr. Antoine van...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Hongkui Zeng is Executive Vice President and Director of the Allen Institute for Brain Science. She received her B.S. degree in biochemistry from Wuhan University and her PhD in molecular and cell biology from Brandeis University. Next, she conducted postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute […] The post 717: Dr. Hongkui Zen...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Dominic D’Agostino is an Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida. He is also a Research Scientist Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. Dom received his B.S. in Nutritional Sciences and Biological Sciences as well as […] The post 716: Dr. Dominic D’Ago...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Molly Peeples is an Aura Assistant Astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her B.S. in Physics from MIT and went on to complete her MS and PhD in Astronomy at Ohio State University. Molly was then awarded a Southern […] The post 715: Dr. Molly Peeples: An Astrophysicist Studying the Elem...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Christy Haynes is the Elmore H. Northey Professor of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota. She completed her undergraduate studies in Chemistry at Macalester College and received her MS and PhD in Chemistry from Northwestern University. Next, Christy was awarded a National Institutes of Health […] The post 714: Dr. Christy Haynes:...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. David R. Liu is the Richard Merkin Professor and Director of the Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, vice-chair of the faculty at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University, and a […] The post 713: Dr. David Liu: Combining Chemistry...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Lynne Maquat is the J. Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair and Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the School of Medicine and Dentistry, Director of the Center for RNA Biology, and Chair of Graduate Women in Science at the University of Rochester. She received her BA in […] The post 712: Dr. Lynne Maquat: Understanding Cellular and Mo...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Blake Meyers is a Member Principal Investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and a Professor in the Division of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri. He received a B.A. in Biology from the University of Chicago, and went on to receive his […] The post 711: Dr. Blake Meyers: Researching RNA Regulation of Reproduct...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Jennifer Wilcox is an Associate Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines and an Investigator within the Clean Energy Conversions Laboratory there. She received her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Wellesley College and her PhD in chemical engineering from the University […] The post 710: Dr....

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Tim Buschman is Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University. He received his B.S. in Biology from the California Institute of Technology, and Tim was then awarded a Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) to conduct research at the National Institute of Mental Health’s […] The post 709...

Listen Free in iTunes Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Charles Hohenberg is a Professor of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis. He received his PhD in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley and has been on the faculty at Washington University since 1970. Charles has received many awards and honors during his career, […] The post 708: Dr. Charles Hohenberg: Tales of Io...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Diana Aga is the Henry M. Woodburn Chair and a State University of New York (SUNY) Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University at Buffalo. She also serves as the Director of RENEW (Research and Education in eNergy, Environment and Water) Institute […] The post 707: Dr. Diana Aga: Applying Analytical Chemist...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Andrew Alleyne is the Ralph and Catherine Fisher Professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as the Director of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center on Power Optimization for Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS) headquartered there. Andrew grew...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Mary Jo Ondrechen is Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Northeastern University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Reed College, and she was awarded her PhD in Chemistry and Chemical Physics from Northwestern University. Afterwards, Mary Jo completed a postdoctoral fellowship at […] The post 705: Dr....

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Tessa Hill is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Davis. She is part of the Bodega Ocean Acidification Research group there at the Bodega Marine Laboratory. Tessa received her B.S. in Marine Science from Eckerd […] The post 704: Dr. Tessa Hill: Navigating the Seas of...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Kevan M. Shokat is Professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at the University of California San Francisco, Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California Berkeley, and an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He received his B.A […] The post 703: Dr. Kevan Shokat: Usi...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Adam Abate is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences at the University of California San Francisco. He is also a co-founder of the startup company Mission Bio. Adam received his B.A. in Physics from Harvard College, his M.S. in Physics […] The post 702: Dr. Adam Abate: Building High-Throughp...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Germán Forero-Medina is the Science and Conservation Director at the Wildlife Conservation Society Colombia. He also coordinates the projects for the conservation of freshwater turtles and tortoises in the Amazon Orinoco region. Germán completed his undergraduate training in Biology at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He […] The p...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Debbie G. Senesky is an Assistant Professor in the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at Stanford University. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California. Debbie was next awarded her M.S. and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, […] The post 700: Dr. Debbie...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Daniel Czyż (chysh) is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Cell Science at the University of Florida. He completed his undergraduate training in biochemistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago and was awarded his PhD in molecular biosciences from Northwestern University. During his PhD, Daniel spent two years […] The post...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Melissa Franklin is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics at Harvard University. She completed her undergraduate studies in Physics at the University of Toronto and received her PhD in Physics from Stanford University. Next, Melissa conducted research as a postdoctoral fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National […] The post 698: Dr. Meli...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Gregory Krug is Founder, President, and CEO of Lampire Biological Laboratories, Inc., a biotech life science company that produces biological reagents used in the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industries. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science from Delaware Valley University, and Lampire Enterprises was founded shortly […] The...

Listen Free in iTunes  Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Sapna Sharma is an Associate Professor in Biology at York University. She received her PhD in Ecology and evolution from the University of Toronto and completed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Montreal and the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She served on the […] The post 696: Dr. Sapna Sharma...

Listen Free in iTunes Listen Free on Stitcher Radio Dr. Corey Hopkins is a Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. In his lab, Corey and his team use chemistry to answer the biological questions behind diseases and how to treat them. They make drug-like compounds and test […] The post 695: Dr. Corey Hopkins: Using Chemistry to Unde...