Science Blender

Aravind Natarajan stands at the interface of biology and engineering. During his PhD, he modified bacteria to glycosylate proteins, potentially paving the way for mass production of medicines, vaccines, and other biological products. Here, he shares his thoughts on living

Growing up in Ivory Coast, Dave witnessed death caused by preventable diseases, which led him on a life mission to protect people from getting sick. As a PhD student in Chemical Engineering, Dave is developing a novel method to produce

Artwork by Laura Sinclair laurasinclair34.wordpress.com From a young age, Ghazal Shoorideh has always known she wanted to pursue a PhD. We catch up with her to see how she plans to transition from designing next generation batteries in graduate school

Graphic by Abhishek Sharma. Science Blender logo design by Rachael Mady. In solidarity with #ShutDownStem and for the 155th celebration of Juneteenth, we revisited our past interviews where we spoke with Black and African American scientists in our community and

Science blender? How about art blender! We talk to Laura Sinclair, our graphic artist, about her experiences as both a chemical engineer and an artist.

A book led to an early career decision that Joe Kuo never turned back from. But it wasn't a straight path. Now, as a post-doctoral researcher, he is studying the link between cancer and the mysterious sugar layer that surrounds each of our cells.

Doubting yourself? Feeling unqualified? You are not the only one. Listen in as we tackle this widespread dread known as imposter syndrome.

Coming from Iceland, Arna made her way to the US to work on science useful for geothermal operations back home. Here she developed a new method to extract lithium out of geothermal wastewater. We’ll hear about how she navigates between the two cultures through her research.

Some used to say lithium metal batteries were impossible. Snehashis's strategy? Nanoparticles. Sneh shares with us how he followed his life's current and wound up thinking about what happens between two electrodes.

Mardochee's scientific curiosity started with wondering how international phone calls work. After college, he went to America to pursue a research career, though his home country of Haiti never left his mind. We will hear how Mardochee bridged the worlds of tech and chemistry, by applying machine learning to semiconductors. For more information about Emo Haiti, visit https://www.emohaiti.com/.