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On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Ludovico Cademartiri, who obtained a Laurea degree in Materials Science from the University of Parma in 2002 and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Toronto in 2008 with Geoffrey A. Ozin. He was a NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow in the group of George M. Whitesides at Harvard University. His work spans materials chemistry, physical chemistry, molecular electronics, flame manipulation, plasma processing, polymers, and environments-by-design and has been recognized by national and international awards, most recently the Beckman Young Investigator Award, and the Plant Science Institute Faculty Fellow Award. He has been at Iowa State since 2012.

Segment 1: Plant Research [00:00-12:12]

In this first segment, Ludovico describes his research on plants.

Segment 2: Using Plasmas for Nanostructure Processing [12:13-22:06]

In segment two, Ludovico shares about some of his research on plasmas.

Segment 3: Career Building Blocks [22:07-34:17]

In segment three, Ludovico discusses the building blocks of his career.

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In this episode, Dr. Katie Linder, Director of Research at Oregon State University Ecampus, introduces a summer research challenge.

Segment 1: Launching a Summer Research Challenge [00:00-08:55]

In this first segment, Katie invites "RIA" listeners to join a summer research challenge.

Segment 2: Participation Options for the Challenge [08:56-17:48]

In segment two, Katie shares additional checklist items and ways to engage in the challenge.

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Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-05:15]: How to Create Highly-engaging Work Environments

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On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Brad Shuck, an Associate Professor and Program Director of both the Health Professions Education and Human Resources and Organizational Development programs in the School of Medicine and College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville. His primary areas of research include the application, meaning, and measurement of employee engagement, emerging areas of positive psychology, and leader development. His research has been featured in refereed journals such as Leadership and Organizational Studies, the Journal of Happiness Studies, Human Resource Development Review, Human Resource Development Quarterly, and others. He is routinely cited in US-based international media outlets including Forbes, The Washington Post, and TIME, as well as international outlets including Business World Online and the Hindu Times. Shuck was named the 2016 Early Career Scholar by the Academy of Human Resource Development and has received several awards for his applied research. He is a Commonwealth Scholar and a member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels and has done extensive work with the United States Army Cadet-Command, Ft. Knox, Kentucky.

Segment 1: Engagement at Work [00:00-13:40]

In this first segment, Brad shares about some of his research on engagement at work.

Segment 2: Intersection of Work and Health [13:41-24:44]

In segment two, Brad discusses some of his research on health in the workplace.

Segment 3: Capacity and Work [24:45-36:37]

In segment three, Brad discusses the concept of capacity as it relates to effective work.

Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-05:15]: How to Create Highly-engaging Work Environments

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On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Nancy Segal, Professor of Psychology at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) and Director of the Twin Studies Center which she founded in 1991. Dr. Segal received a B.A. in psychology and literature from Boston University (1973), and an M.A. (1974) and Ph.D. (1982) in the Social Sciences and Behavioral Sciences from the University of Chicago. From 1982-1991 she was a post-doctoral fellow and research associate at the University of Minnesota, affiliated with the well-known Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart. Dr. Segal has authored over 200 scientific articles and book chapters, plus several books on twins. Her latest book is Accidental Brothers: The Story of Twins Switched at birth and the Power of Nature and Nurture and follows the life histories of two sets of identical Colombian twins who were inadvertently exchanged at birth, and provides a number of interesting research findings. Her 2012 book, Born Together-Reared Apart: The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study (2012, Harvard University Press) won the 2013 William James Book Award from the American Psychological Association. Her other books include Someone Else's Twin, Indivisible by Two, Entwined Lives. and Twin Mythconceptions, which describes false beliefs about twins and provides much needed correction.

Segment 1: Twins Research [00:00-12:30]

In this first segment, Nancy describes how she got started researching twins.

Segment 2: Writing Science for the General Public [12:31-23:55]

In segment two, Nancy discusses how she frames her research for a more general audience.

Segment 3: Nancy's Current Research on Twins [23:56-35:19]

In segment three, Nancy shares about some of her most recent studies on twins.

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On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Bastian Minkenberg, a postdoctoral scholar in the Innovative Genomics Institute's agricultural genomics branch. He started working on genome-editing in the food staple rice during his time as a Beachell-Borlaug International Scholar at Penn State. He now continues his efforts to improve disease resistance and yield of crops at UC Berkeley. Bastian is originally from Germany and obtained his bachelor and master degrees at RWTH Aachen University. His goal during his time at the Innovative Genomics Institute is to develop tools for precise genome-editing and accelerated plant breeding using advanced plant tissue culture and CRISPR methods. Another interest is to develop bioinformatic tools to avoid off-target editing in plants and to increase on-target activity. As ultimate goal, Bastian tries to develop an efficient gene repair system to easily change genetic information in crops to make them healthier and sturdier.

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Segment 1: Genome Editing [00:00-12:19]

In this first segment, Bastian describes his work with genome editing.

Segment 2: Practical Applications of Science [12:20-22:02]

In segment two, Bastian shares some of the more practical applications of his work.

Segment 3: Mentoring [22:03-32:07]

In segment three, Bastian discusses the importance of mentoring for researchers.

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Bonus Clip [00:00-04:39]: Generalizability and Representative Samples

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On this episode, Dr. Mary Ellen Dello Stritto is joined by Dr. Mary Kite. Mary Kite received her B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. from Purdue University. A social psychologist, she is currently Professor of Social Psychology at Ball State University. Strongly committed to psychology education at all levels, she is Past-President of The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP, APA Division 2); she has held a number of other leadership roles for STP. She also chaired the APA Presidential Task Force on Diversity Education Resources and is Past President of the Midwestern Psychological Association. She is a Fellow of APA Divisions 2, 8, 9, 35, & 44 and of the Association for Psychological Science and the Midwestern Psychological Association. She maintains an active research program in the area of stereotyping and prejudice, including co-authoring The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination (3e) with Bernard Whitley, Jr.; Kite and Whitley also co-authored Principles of Research in Behavioral Science (4e). Recognitions include the Charles L. Brewer Award for Distinguished Teaching in Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation (2014) and a Presidential Citation from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (2011). She was selected as a G. Stanley Hall Lecturer for the American Psychological Association in 2009 and was named a Minority Access National Role Model in 2007.

Segment 1: External Validity [00:00-08:03]

In this first segment, Dr. Kite discusses the importance of external validity in experimental research.

Segment 2: Sampling [08:04-18:12]

In segment two, Dr. Kite discusses sampling issues in quantitative research methods.

Segment 3: Meta-analysis [18:13-31:20]

In segment three, Dr. Kite describes the statistical technique of meta-analysis and shares finding from a recent meta-analysis.

Bonus Clip [00:00-04:39]: Generalizability and Representative Samples

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Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-03:31]: Measuring Motivation

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