The Brandeis Innovation Podcast

Profiles in Innovation features Juan Giraldo, serial entrepreneur and CEO & co-founder of Waku, sharing his journey building mission-driven ventures and leading innovation in the Spark program.

In this Profiles in Innovation episode, Gianna Everette delves into the origins and mission of InBite, an app designed to foster connections and community among students and young adults through shared mealtime experiences.

Tune in to hear Prof. Timothy Hickey discuss his journey in research and innovation, and how he fosters collaboration between academic ideas and practical solutions.

In this Profiles in Innovation episode, Sara Motoyama discusses automating cognitive test scoring with machine learning to make research faster, more accurate, and more accessible.

Sara Landa shares insights from her journey launching Tulum Charters — a yacht charter company — and the strategies that helped her grow it profitably without heavy overhead.

In this Profiles in Innovation episode, Prof. Stephen Van Hooser discusses the NDI Cloud project — a solution for sharing and managing complex neuroscience data to accelerate research collaboration.

A Profiles in Innovation interview with Eric Moyal, founder of Project Insulin, on developing a nonprofit approach to producing and distributing affordable insulin and addressing systemic barriers to essential medicine access.

A Profiles in Innovation episode featuring Yuxuan Zhang, part of Brandeis Innovation’s series highlighting innovators and their stories.

How can make sure that you create a product that customers will love? Eyal Cohen, Brandeis undergraduate and founder of the startup Pool learned how to use a technique called customer discovery to validate his business idea and learn what customers want. We spoke with him about how to become a more successful startup founder, the art of customer discovery, and what it's like being a startup founde...

In this Profiles in Innovation episode, Sam Aronson, founder of Tree for the Taking, shares his journey building sustainable guitars from invasive trees and transforming the music instrument industry.

Douglass Guernsey, MBA '22, is on a mission to transform the way we use non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Rather than an instrument of financial investment or speculation, Douglass sees NFTs as a tool to validate social actions, such as donating to charity or supporting a cause. Hear about his social impact NFT startup, Missionable, which he developed in part in the Brandeis Virtual Incubator Spark prog...

As far as innovative inventions go, you’ll be hard pressed to find such an interesting, diverse portfolio as Dan Perlman’s. With over a 100 US and international patents (published and pending), Dan’s work spans decades of research and development. Among his vast range of creations are laboratory and consumer products, which include the well-known brand Smart Balance and the Corazonas-branded snack...

Heller graduate and SparkTank winner Alison Elliott has long had a dream of combining her dual passions for sustainability and delicious, original recipes. Starting with a blog, her brand The Farmer Foodie grew during her time in the Brandeis Innovation Virtual Incubator to a groundbreaking new plant-based cheese alternative. Launching this May, it sold out online within hours. She recently won th...

Undergraduate student Daniel Hariyanto looks to address a challenge not too unfamiliar for him – Alzheimer’s disease. A co-founder of his startup company Mobile Memory, Daniel has developed an app that detects early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Using AI to listen to how a person talks, the data helps the healthcare physician with making a diagnosis and provide potentially lifesaving treatment. We...

A thought-provoking episode of the Onye Podcast exploring real-world experiences, ideas, and insights in an engaging audio discussion.

PhD candidate Adrianna Shy is proactively involved at the forefront of medicinal health research – developing therapeutic solutions for treating human diseases such as Alzheimer’s. A participant of the I-Corps program, Adrianna talks a little about her research and her experiences at Brandeis Innovation. This includes her time with the Sprout program as a competition winner. Furthermore, we hear a...

Ben Pockros is in the MD/MBA program at Tufts and Brandeis Universities, while also launching an app that helps students navigate their health insurance options. And you thought you were busy! Find out how this student innovator makes time to launch a startup and get through med school.

Brandeis University SparkTank competition winner Mariam Serag had a classic problem - standing all day in high heels is painful and tiring. Being an entrepreneur, she had her own solution to a common problem: start a footwear company A line of convertible heels that combine comfort with style, Tambu is proud of their sustainable sourcing, as well. We learned from Mariam about her entrepreneurial j...

Inspiring insights on collaboration, innovation, and collective problem-solving from a Brandeis Innovation session.

Looking to partner with industry on an invention, and unsure how such collaboration works? Get inside knowledge from those who have spearheaded industry collaborations, both from academia and industry. You’ll learn potential ways of getting industry-sponsored research opportunities (more funding is always good!) and opportunities to land a job/co-op/internship. Speakers: Irena Ivanovska Irena Ivan...

How to Rise Above the Downturn? The skills you gained through your PhD can help you thrive in a recession. We have all heard that the PhD job market was challenging even during the economic boom, so what about now, in the recession? Skills developed while earning a PhD can actually give doctoral degree holders an advantage during challenging economic times. Learn how to leverage your strengths as...