Spotlight on Science is a series from the Emerald Podcast Network designed to spark conversations across disciplines with researchers at the University of Oregon, bringing in researchers to discuss their work in a way that's understandable to everyone. Semimonthly episodes come out Thursdays.

Podcast producer Danny Latoni produced and edited this podcast. Music is "Zombie Disco" by Six Umbrellas (https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffreemusicarchive.org%2Fmusic%2FSix_Umbrellas%2FThe_Psychadelic_And%2F6_Six_Umbrellas_-_Zombie_Disco), modified under an Attribution-ShareAlike License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).