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Come join the conversation with Dr. Kim Dinh, an Associate Research Scientist at Dow! Kim describes her scientific journey with plenty of chemistry, engineering, and catalysts that help lead us towards a more sustainable future. Kim dives into a love of STEM that she has explored academically and industrially, that she shares through her outreach activities, and that even blurs a bit into her golf game!

Jessica Gosio explains her fascinating work with growing, testing, and exploring the intricacies of life using cerebral organoids and other awesome methodologies! On top of that, we dive into the real ups and downs involved in the life of a scientist, problems that those in the sciences can have around their mental health, and ways to try to stay happy and healthy in the face of adversity. Lots to learn, think about, and laugh at along the way!

Dive into the weeds of epidemiology with Doris Duran! The complex, real world, environmental factors causing real problems turn out to be tremendously difficult to study. Treatments to solve those problems, be they from policy solutions or other means, are equally as complex to invent, test, and implement. Join us for a fascinating conversation about epidemiology, problems, people, and as always... science!

Dr. Dan Cremons, research scientist at NASA, PhD in materials science from the University of Minnesota, joins the pod to talk about his work from the atomic scale up through the intergalactic scale. The patience of spending years of building an instrument to watch atomic vibrations that have never been seen before translates well to a career at NASA where your life's work may only pay off decades after your retirement. Come join us to hear about the studies of the vast and the minuscule, with lasers galore!

In Episode 3 we chat with Kennedy McCullough, learn about the neurological behind-the-scenes with young folks who are exposed to early life trauma and adversity, experimental approaches to studying fear in mice, and wax philosophical on the burgeoning COVID-19 epidemic.

Quotes and topics below:

• "You can turn on cells by shooting lasers at them now!"
• "Part of science is a series of anti-climax to expectations, back to anti-climax" ;)
• "How can neuroscience inform judicial decision-making?"

Here's more about the California Council that Kennedy references.

Kerry Ressler's Ted Talk "The neuroscience of emotion: Kerry Ressler at TEDxPeachtree 2012"

More on Green Fluorescent Proteins here!

In Episode 2 we chat with Scott White, learn about his experience filing for patents and getting involved with the entrepreneurial side of science while at university, the value of cross-disciplinary collaboration, ricin testing and his recent foray into data science. 

Highlights:

• Getting negative results isn't necessarily a failure
• The appropriate number of times to take a Thermodynamics course
• Polymer substrates for cochlear implants 
• How much DNA you need to order to qualify for free shipping

In Episode 1 we chat with Jay Shah, learn about his ardor for cake, fascination with Moon rocks, some cutting-edge rock magnetism measuring techniques and more!

Highlights:

• The Magnetic History of Sample 14307116
• How to use Moon Rocks to Understand the Future
• "Briefly, Vaguely, Poorly"
• "Hey, that looks like a pretty cool rock!"
• "Is pizza cake?"

You can find out more about Jay Shah and his published work right here!

Jay talks about Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney   and the Chernobyl Mini-Series