The Soft Matter Show

The Soft Matter Show

By Amal NarayananScience
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The Soft Matter Show episodes

  • Ep #3 - Dr. Elyse Ball on How to Start a Company, Entrepreneurship in Academic Labs, and NSF I-Corps

    In this conversation, Dr. Elyse Ball joined Amal Narayanan to discuss the process of translating technologies developed from academic labs. Elyse is an extraordinary multitasker and detailed about the process of juggling between jobs such as Assistant council of UARF and CFOs of various startups. This conversation further expanded to the exciting world of entrepreneurship in Ohio. Elyse has been leading the NSF I-CORPs sites program which Amal has completed twice for two different technologies he developed during the Ph.D. More importantly, in this conversation, Elyse talked about the reasons behind the success and failure of startups, methods to find mentors, and various resources for student and faculty entrepreneurs.


    Read more: 

    Dr. Elyse Ball 

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/elyse-ball-b331b851 


    Amal Narayanan 

    https://www.thesoftmattershow.com 

    48 min
  • Ep #2 - Dr. James Eagan on Plastic Recycling During Pandemic, and Working with Industry and Academia
    This episode is a conversation between Amal Narayanan and Dr. James Eagan on plastic recycling and academic research. We discussed James’ motivation behind becoming a scientist and taking up research challenges. The research problem James specializes in is the "million-dollar" one - plastic recycling. Yes, I am sure that you must be thinking that plastic recycling research is a notorious challenge and needed to be solved immediately. Indeed, I am here to tell you that James' approach which combines synthetic chemistry and engineering to resolve some of the outstanding problems in recycling is unique and exciting. James also shared his wisdom on plastic recycling during the pandemic. You will find from this conversation that his passion and knowledge in the field of recycling is extraordinary. Let’s learn how his team attempts to resolve plastic pollution. James shared his experience in working with industry and academia. He also explained his thoughts on switching the research fields from natural product synthesis to polymer science. Read more: www.eaganlab.com; www.thesoftmattershow.com; www.amalnarayanan.weebly.com; Write to the host: [email protected]
    46 min
  • Ep #1 - Dr. Abraham Joy on Polymers as Biomaterials, Switching Research Fields, and Funding Pressure
    This is a conversation between me and Dr. Abraham Joy on academic research and team development. We discussed the exciting research platform he has put together at the School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron. Where he optimizes the physical and chemical properties of plastics to active polymers. Abraham shares his experiences in switching research fields and being an outsider in new areas of scientific research. He shares his thoughts on treating your students as your own biological kids and raising money for polymer and biomaterial research. Read more about Dr. Abraham Joy at joyresearch.org. Read more about this show at thesoftmattershow.com
    59 min

About The Soft Matter Show

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The podcast about state-of-the-art research on polymer and soft matter science. The show is hosted by Amal Narayanan, mostly joined by researchers, academicians, and industrialists.