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Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
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#69 Animal Imagination: a Stepping Stone to Ethics - David Peña-Guzmán | San Fransisco State University
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. David Peña-Guzmán is an Associate Professor of Humanities at San Fransisco State University in the US. He researches the hidden world of intelle...
#68 Cyberbiosecurity: Novel Risks in a Connected World - Feras Batarseh | Virginia Tech
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Feras Batarseh is an Associate Professor of Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. He researches the safety of AI applications, especial...
#67 - 'Viral' Vaccines for Bat Viruses - Megan Griffiths | University of Glasgow
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Megan Griffiths is a PhD student at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. She researches an innovative tool for public health: self-spreading vaccine...
#66 Ethnobotany: World's Coolest Job - Josh Kellogg | Pennsylvania State University
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Josh Kellog is an assistant professor at the Department of Biomolecular Sciences at Pennsylvania State University in the US. He works as an ethnob...
#65 From Soldiers to Cells: EVERYTHING That Affects Your Health - Patricia Huston | University of Ottawa
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Patricia Huston is an interdisciplinary scientist exploring public health, cellular biology, and our culture. She studies how all these influence ...
# 64 Reverse Psychology - Polymeros Chrysochou | Aarhus University
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Polymeros Chrysochou is a professor of marketing and consumer studies at Aarhus University in Denmark. He studies how to persuade consumers to ado...
#63 - Dogs Diagnosing Diseases - Clara Wilson | Queen's University Belfast
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clara Wilson is an animal psychologist at Queen's University Belfast in the UK. She studies how dogs can help humans with medical conditions. Today, w...
#62 Meat Troubles: Changing Diets for a Better Planet - Chris Bryant | University of Bath
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Chris Bryant is a psychologist at the University of Bath in the UK. He studies how to get people to reduce animal product consumption. Today, we t...
#61 Fungal Infections: Neglected and Growing - Marcio Rodrigues | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Marcio Rodrigues is a Senior researcher at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil. He has decades of experience studying the growing concerns about...
#60 Ewaste: Messy Across the Whole Periodic Table - Kees Baldé | United Nations University
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kees Baldé is a Senior Programme Officer at the Sustainable Cycles Initiative at the United Nations University. Dr. Baldé has been monitoring th...
#59 A New Lens on Happiness - Joel McGuire | Happier Lives Institute
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joel McGuire is a research analyst at the Happier Lives Institute. The Happier Lives Institute is a think tank studying how to measure and increase ha...
#58 The Global War Against Antibiotic Resistance - Christine Aardal | Norwegian Institute of Public Health
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Christine Aardal is a Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Dr. Aardal studies antimicrobial resistance, which is when th...
#57 A Bronze Age Mystery: When Nomads Conquered Europe - Volker Heyd | University of Helsinki
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Volker Heyd is a Professor of Achaeology at the University of Helsinki in Finland. He studies past cultures in the bronze age using tools from gen...
#56 Mindfulness: A Journey Throughout Time - Michaela Pascoe | Victoria University
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Michaela Pascoe is a Senior Research Fellow of Health and Sport at Victoria University in Australia. She studies the health benefits of wellness p...
#55 An Inventor's Tale: The History of Electricity - Kerry Vaughan | Leverage Research
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kerry Vaughan is a Program Manager of Early Science at Leverage Research. He studies the history of how we developed electricity. Specifically, he ana...
#54 Saving Banks from Failure… with Math - Christian Diem | Complexity Science Hub Vienna
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Christian Diem is a PhD Candidate at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, Austria. His work studies risk modelling in the financial sector. Specifica...
#53 Economic Modelling During COVID-19 - Maria del Rio-Chanona | Complexity Science Hub Vienna
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Maria del Rio-Chanona is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, Austria. Her work studies data-driven modelling in economi...
#52 Tracking the Spread of the Persian Empire - Rhyne King
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Rhyne King is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the New York University in the US. His work studies the history of the Achaemenid (or Persian) Emp...
#51 Archaeological Science: Precisely Probing the Past
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Moujan Matin is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Toronto in Canada. Her work st...
#50 Uncovering Hidden Gems: Silver Mining in Colonial Peru - Sarah Kennedy | The Knowledge Archives
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Kennedy is a PhD. Candidate in Archaeology at the University of Pittsburgh in the US. Her work focuses on the history of colonial Peru under Spa...
#49 Connecting the Dots with Supply Chains - Benjamin Goldstein | The Knowledge Archives
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Benjamin Goldstein is an Assistant Professor of Bioresource Engineering at McGill University in Canada. His work focuses on tracking the supply ch...
#48 Everyday Energy and Development Economics - Gunther Bensch | The Knowledge Archives
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gunther Bensch is a Researcher at the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economics Research in Germany. His work focuses on development economics, specific...
#47 Soil Ecology: A Hidden World Beneath Our Feet - Mac Callaham | The Knowledge Archives
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mac Callaham is a research ecologist at the U.S. Forest Service in the Department of Agriculture. His work studies soil ecology with a focus on th...
#46 Vertical Farming: Building Up to the Future - Dafni Avgoustaki | The Knowledge Archives
16 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dafni Avgoustaki is a PhD Student at the Aarhus University in Denmark. Her work studies the optimisation of vertical farming for businesses to impleme...
#45 Connecting the Dots with Mathematical Epidemiology - Mike Irvine | The Knowledge Archives
19 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mike Irvine is the Biostatistical Lead at the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute in Canada. His work uses mathematical models to help prepa...
#44 Fluid Mechanics: Exploring the Oceans with Math - Francis Poulin | The Knowledge Archives
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Francis Poulin is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo in Canada. His research studies oceanic processes like currents...
#43 Solar Geoengineering: Technology for an Interconnected Future - Jesse Reynolds
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jesse Reynolds is an Emmett/Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law in the US. His research studies the regulatio...
#42 Evolutionary Contingency: Does History Repeat Itself? - Zachary Blount | The Knowledge Archives
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Zack Blount is a Research Assistant Professor at the Michigan State University in the US. His research focuses on studying evolutionary contingenc...
#41 Time Series Analysis: A Problem with Many Faces - Nishant Malik | The Knowledge Archives
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nishant Malik is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the US. His research focuses on problems in app...
#40 Plant Cryopreservation: Seriously Cool Biology - Manuela Nagel | The Knowledge Archives
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Manuela Nagel is the Head of Cryo and Stress Biology at The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research in Germany. Her research f...
#39 Droughts from a Global Perspective - Niko Wanders | The Knowledge Archives
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Niko Wanders is an Associate Professor of Hydrology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. His work studies the effects of drought in various r...
#38 Quantum Field Theory: From the Math to the Lasers - Christian Schubert | The Knowledge Archives
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Christian Schubert has a MSc in Mathematics (University of Regensburg), PhD in Physics (Technical University Munich), Habilitation in Theoretical ...
#37 Developing Countries, Climate Change, and Food Security - Pedram Rowhani | The Knowledge Archives
24 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Pedram Rowhani is a Senior Lecturer in Geography and International Development at the University of Sussex in the UK. His work studies the impacts...
#36 The Future of Engineering: Applied Science in a Changing Climate - Monica Emelko | The Knowledge Archives
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Monica Emelko is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Water Science, Technology & Policy at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Her work s...
#35 Behavioural Economics: Guiding Energy Sustainability - Nives Della Valle | The Knowledge Archives
17 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nives Della Valle is a Scientific Project Officer at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Ispra, Italy. Her work studies behavi...
#34 Climate Change and Human Adaptation - Roman Hoffmann | The Knowledge Archives
10 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Roman Hoffmann is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. His work studies the response of huma...
#33 AR/VR Simulations and Fire Safety - Rino Lovreglio | The Knowledge Archives
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Rino Lovreglio is Senior Lecturer in Digital Construction and Fire Engineering at the University of Massey in New Zealand. His work focuses on stu...
#32 Entrepreneurship: An Uncertain Venture - Yuval Engel | The Knowledge Archives
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Yuval Engel is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. His work focuses on the study of unce...
#31 Extremophiles: Life from Oceans to Space - Jane Irwin | The Knowledge Archives
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jane Irwin is a Lecturer in Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry at the Dublin University College in Ireland. Her research focuses on the study ...
#30 Business Hubs and Network Science - Daniel Schepis | The Knowledge Archives
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Daniel Schepis is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Western Australia. His research focuses on the study of business networks an...
#29 Economics and Technological Change in Insurance - Ben Handel | The Knowledge Archives
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ben Handel is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California Berkeley. His research focuses on the study of industrial econom...
#28 The Facts Behind Weather & Climate Modelling - Theodore Giannaros | The Knowledge Archives
19 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Theodore Giannaros is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Observatory of Athens in Greece. His work centres around the development of comput...
#27 Hydroinformatics: Intersecting Physics and AI - Gerald Corzo | The Knowledge Archives
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gerald Corzo is Associate Professor of Hydroinformatics at the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands. His research focuses on...
#26 Restoration Ecology: Literally Saving the World - Charlotte Reemts | The Knowledge Archives
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Charlotte Reemts is an Ecologist and Science Project Director at The Nature Conservancy, a global conservation nonprofit. Her work involves on-the-gro...
#25 Psychosis: Beyond the Myths - Laura Adery | The Knowledge Archives
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Adery, Ph.D. is a Clinical Instructor and Postdoctoral Scholar with the Center for Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States (CAPPS) in the ...
#24 - Ecological Economics for Sustainability - Michael Getzner | The Knowledge Archives
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Michael Getzner is the Head of the Institute of Spatial Planning at the Vienna University of Technology in Austria. His research focuses on the fi...
#23 Sexual Health: Breaking the Stigma - Caroline Pukall | The Knowledge Archives
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Caroline Pukall is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Director of the Sex and Relationship Therapy Service at the Psychology Clin...
#22 Game Theory & Analysing Cooperative Behaviour - Alexander Smith | The Knowledge Archives
05 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Alexander Smith is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the US. His research focuses on studying prosocia...
#21 From Evolutionary Rituals to Children's Education - Mark Nielsen | The Knowledge Archives
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mark Nielsen is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland in Australia. His research focuses on the socio-cognitive dev...
#20 Understanding Our Pasts To Predict Our Futures - Signy Sheldon | The Knowledge Archives
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Signy Sheldon is a cognitive neuroscientist and assistant professor in psychology at McGill University in Montreal. Her research mainly focuses on...
#19 The Psychology Behind Drug Abuse - Jennifer Murray | The Knowledge Archives
30 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jennifer Murray is a behavioural neuroscientist and assistant professor in psychology at the University of Guelph. Dr. Murray's research focuses o...
#18 Economic History: Finding Humility & Optimism in the Past - Vincent Geloso | The Knowledge Archives
29 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Vincent Geloso is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the King's University College in Canada. His research focuses on the field of economic hi...
#17 The Technology Behind Psychological Experiments - Stephen Mattingly | The Knowledge Archives
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Stephen Mattingly is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Notre Dame in the US. His research focuses on the computational software and h...
#16 Space Propulsion and Its Untapped Potential - Martin Tajmar | The Knowledge Archives
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Martin Tajmar is the Director of the Institute of Aerospace Engineering at the Dresden University of Technology in Germany. He has decades of expe...
#15 X-Ray Optics: A Hidden Jewel In Physics - Daniele Cocco | The Knowledge Archives
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Daniele Cocco is a Staff Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the US. His research focuses on studying the sensors and instru...
#14 The Psychology Behind Drug Abuse - Jennifer Murray | The Knowledge Archives
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jennifer Murray is a behavioural neuroscientist and assistant professor in psychology at the University of Guelph. Dr. Murray's research focuses o...
#13 The Risks of Biometric Surveillance - Olivia Varley-Winter | The Knowledge Archives
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Olivia Varley-Winter is a Senior Consultant at the Royal Statistical Society. Her past interests include research on the use of biometric technology (...
#12 Precision Agriculture: An International Priority - Ehsan Kiani | The Knowledge Archives
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ehsan Kiani is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of New England in Australia. He has years of experience studying 'agtech' / preci...
#11 Cooperation in Animal Societies - Manon Schweinfurth | The Knowledge Archives
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Manon Schweinfurth is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of St. Andrews in the UK. Her research focuses on studying the role of cooperatio...
#10 Holography: What's Next After VR/AR - Peter Christopher | The Knowledge Archives
15 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Christopher is a PhD Candidate in Ultra Precision Engineering at the University of Cambridge in the UK. His research is focused on the field of ...
#9 Palaeobotany: Unearthing the Past - Eva Koppelhus | The Knowledge Archives
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Eva Koppelhus is an Assistant Professor and Curator of Palaeobotany and Palynology at the Department of Biological Sciences of the University of A...
#8 Insect Biology, Economics, and Atmospheric Science - Christopher Hassall | The Knowledge Archives
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Christopher Hassall is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Leeds in the UK. He has many interdisciplinary research interests th...
#7 Evolutionary Biology: From Tiny Genes to Group Behaviour - Bernard Crespi | The Knowledge Archives
08 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bernard Crespi is a Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the Simon Fraser University in Canada. He has many interdisciplinary research interests s...
#6 Biosecurity: Solutions to Invasive Species - Robert Black | The Knowledge Archives
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Robert Black is an Associate Professor at the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Greenwich, UK. He has decades of expe...
#5 Slime Moulds and Swarm Intelligence - Tanya Latty | The Knowledge Archives
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Tanya Latty is an Associate Professor at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney, Australia. She has many resear...
#4 Birds and Brains - Mélanie Guigueno | The Knowledge Archives
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mélanie Guigueno is an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at McGill University. Her research group combines field and wet lab work ...
#3 Microbiology: The Key to COVID-19? - Irina Artsimovitch | The Knowledge Archives
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Irina Artsimovitch is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology at Ohio State University. She has decades of experience in the f...
#2 Ecosystem Ecology and Global Change - Fiona Soper | The Knowledge Archives
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Fiona Soper is an ecosystem ecologist, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology and School of Environment at McGill University. H...
#1 Fisheries Science: At the Heart of Economics and Biology - Caleb Gardner | The Knowledge Archives
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Caleb Gardner is the Head of the Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasma...