Chris welcomes Paul Cherukuri, Professor, Chief Innovation Officer, and Vice President of Innovation at Rice University. Paul has integrated his experience and education in science and technology at Rice, spearheading the university's innovation—all while still researching and teaching. Chris asks Paul about the key ingredients to getting universities' innovation out into the world and how Houston has helped to foster this process. Paul also explains his real-life sci-fi research on "Teslaphoresis" and tells the story of meeting a Nobel Prize winner.