The Goeppert Mayer Gauge
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 18: Nuclear resonance (Mössbauer) spectroscopies
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We head to the very far end of the electromagnetic spectrum to tackle one of Dugan's favorite subjects, nuclear resonance spectroscopies. No, n...
Episode 17: Astrochemistry with Prof. Nate DeYonker
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. Nate DeYonker from the University of Memphis takes us out of this world and into the vast expanse of space as we talk all things astrochemistry....
Episode 16: Thermal Radiation
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're finally back, and this time we're talking everything thermal! After some brief updates, we dive into blackbody radiation, Planck'...
Episode 15: Photocycloaddition
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're celebrating Dugan's recent JACS paper on copper-catalyzed photocycloaddition reactions by doing a Back 2 Basics episode on photocycloa...
Episode 14: The Stern-Gerlach Experiment
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This month is more Back 2 Basics as we discuss the famous Stern-Gerlach experiment. In addition to the classic version, we contemplate thought experim...
Episode 13: Sit Resist
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
New season, new format - we broadcast in-person from a hot tub in Atlanta during the Fall 2021 ACS Meeting! We have been planning to review "Si...
Episode 12: Fluorescence Guided Surgery with Dr. Christie Lin
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk about ways in which light-matter interactions are revolutionizing surgery. We are joined by Christie Lin, VP of Research ...
Episode 11: Statistical Mechanics with Prof. Katja Lindenberg
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're unbelievably honored and excited to have the legendary Prof. Katja Lindenberg on the show to take us through her life in physics and physic...
Episode 10: Perovskites and photon upconversion with Prof. Lea Nienhaus
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by Prof. Lea Nienhaus from Florida State University to learn about photon upconversion with perosvkites, a strategy for increasing the e...
Episode 9: Transient Absorption
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's Season 2 of the Goeppert Mayer Gauge! We kick things off with an introduction to transient absorption spectroscopy and discuss what it is, w...
Episode 8: Interview with Jeamme Chia on Maria Goeppert Mayer
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Jeamme Chia about her scholarly writing about Maria Goeppert Mayer's time at Sarah Lawrence College and the Manhattan project.
Episode 7: 2020 Recap
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What better way to celebrate the end of 2020 than by talking about it for 80 minutes? We take a break from science talk and (mostly) leave aside the b...
Episode 6: Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss surface plasmon resonance biosensors and their potential application to COVID testing. A companion Jupyter notebook that...
Episode 5: Short Wave Infrared with Professor Justin Caram
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Goeppert Mayer Gauge, we learn why Kanye would fund development of organinc materials that emit short wave infrared radiation (...
Episode 4: Terahertz
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this low-energy episode, we talk about the terahertz gap, different ways to generate and detect terahertz pulses, and why people go to the trouble ...
Episode 3: Polaritonic Chemistry
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What does it sound like when you stick a molecule between two mirrors? Modal jazz, apparently! Jay guides Dugan through the world of polaritonic chemi...
Episode 2: The Gordon Moore Gauge #1 (Dirty)
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this special warm-up episode, we try to figure out what exactly this podcast will be. One thing's for certain: we have a lot to say about ligh...
Episode 1: X-rays
25 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It may be our first episode, but we aren't afraid to start out with the hard stuff - hard X-rays, that is. We discuss what X-rays are, what they ...