Excited State Podcast

In this week's episode, we are joined by the founder and creator of D-Orbital Games Dr. Zach Thammavongsy. Zach joins the podcast to chat about the challenges of this new online teaching environment, life as a teaching post doc and gives us some insight into the creative process of game creation for his company. Be sure to follow Zach on Instagram and Twitter D-Orbital Games!

In Episode 7, the gang gets together to have a raw and honest conversation around mental health in grad school. They touch on how they think about mental health, some of their tips to managing their own mental health and share their thoughts on how to better address the state of graduate student's mental health.

In Episode 6, the gang is joined by Dr. Anthony Babore to chat about maintaining other hobbies and interests outside of graduate school and how important networking is when trying to find that first job after completing your graduate work.

In this episode, the gang is joined by Dr. Krista Fruehauf and discusses different career options after completing a PhD. They also dive into the "classical" career path and how to create your own opportunities post-PhD. Krista joins them to offer her thoughts on these issues and takes us through her journey through a PhD into her current position.

In this episode, the gang chats about what research actually is. They delve into their process for generating ideas and tackling big scientific problems while also providing a glimpse into how research is funded in both academia and industry. 

The gang gets together with their first guest, Dr. Chris Woods. Chris gives us some insight into what life is like as a teaching post doc and online education.

The gang gets together to discuss what chemistry actually is and why people have such a hard time with it.

In the opening episode of ESP, Drs. Jared Bruce, Megan Newcomb and Dan Huh introduce themselves and the podcast. They chat about how they got into science and what motivated them through their graduate work.