In this week’s episode, Jocelyn and Bradley are joined by scientific super couple Dr. Elena Echeverria of Oklahoma State University and Dr. Jose Monroy of Cornell University! From the kinky behavior of boron to the so-called “God particle,” Elena and Jose tell us how their personal and professional paths converged in their native Colombia, how they decided to study physics, and how they navigate the joys and challenges of marriage and research . . . with a little help from Metallica (insert guitar solo).

Links:
Learn more about Jose at https://www.huskeralum.org/s/1620/images/editor_documents/neb_mag/2015/smashing_atoms_summer2015.pdf?sessionid=1bfefa82-79f9-4b89-80e7-173575c92610&cc=1
and Elena at
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RRvqGasAAAAJ&hl=en.

“The Higgs Boson: A Not-So-Godlike Particle”: https://www.space.com/36724-higgs-boson-not-so-godlike.html

Boron carbide: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemical-engineering/boron-carbide

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