Scientific Sense ®
Gill Eapen
Scientific Sense ® is an invigorating podcast that delves into the intricate tapestry of Science and Economics, serving as a nexus for intellectual exploration and fervor. This daily venture engages listeners by conversing with preeminent academics, unraveling their research, and unveiling emerging concepts across a diverse array of fields. Scientific Sense ® thoughtfully examines multifaceted themes such as the frameworks of worker rights and policy, the philosophical underpinnings of truth and its pursuit within academia, and constitutional discourse within divided societies.
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May 15, 2021 • 1h 7min
Prof. Kimberly Gray, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University
Climate Action: The Feasibility of Climate Intervention on a Global Scale
Prof. Kimberly Gray is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University. One of her research areas is physicochemical processes in natural and engineered environmental systems with a particular focus on energy and urban sustainability applications.
May 13, 2021 • 46min
Prof. William Fuchs, Professor of Finance at the University of Texas.
Optimal Arrangements for Distribution in Developing Markets: Theory and Evidence
Prof. William Fuchs is Professor of Finance at the University of Texas. His research focuses on situations with a poor contractual environment due to asymmetric information or lack of formal enforcement. He studies how repeated interactions or policies can be used to partially overcome the underlying frictions.
May 11, 2021 • 49min
Prof. Steve Cundiff, Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan
Multidimensional Coherent Spectroscopy of Semiconductors, Tri-comb spectroscopy, and Simple single-section diode frequency combs
Prof. Steve Cundiff is Professor of Physics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan. His research areas include the use of ultrafast pulses to study light-matter interactions, as well as their production and manipulation.
May 9, 2021 • 51min
Prof. Woodward Fischer, Professor of Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology.
How did life come to tolerate and thrive in an oxygenated world?, Evolution of Oxygenic Photosynthesis, and Early plant organics increased global terrestrial mud deposition through enhanced flocculation.
Prof. Woodward Fischer is Professor of Geobiology and associate director, center for autonomous systems and technologies at the California Institute of Technology. His research focus areas include historical Geobiology; evolution of the oxygenic photosynthesis and rise of atmospheric oxygen.
May 7, 2021 • 1h
Prof. Kiyoshi Masui, Assistant professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Observations of fast radio bursts at frequencies down to 400 megahertz, A second source of repeating fast radio bursts, and A bright millisecond-duration radio burst from a Galactic magnetar in the Milky Way.
Prof. Kiyoshi Masui is assistant professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He works to understand fundamental physics and the evolution of the Universe through observations of the large-scale structure - the distribution of matter on scales much larger than galaxies.
May 5, 2021 • 1h 11min
Prof. Omar Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Michigan
The neural circuitry supporting successful spatial navigation despite variable movement speeds, how the retrosplenial cortex helps us navigate and how it is altered in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, and Running speed alters the frequency of hippocampal gamma oscillations.
Prof. Omar Ahmed is an Assistant Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. His lab studies the neuroscience of spatial navigation and memory, and how these neural systems are altered in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and epilepsy.
May 3, 2021 • 42min
Prof. William Renthal, Director of Research at the John Graham Headache Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard
Migraine-associated gene expression in cell types of the central and peripheral nervous system, Predicting erenumab adverse events with single-cell genomics, and Transcriptional Reprogramming of Distinct Peripheral Sensory Neuron Subtypes after Axonal Injury
Prof. William Renthal is the Director of Research at the John Graham Headache Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on the use of molecular genetics to develop therapeutic strategies for headache and pain.
May 1, 2021 • 40min
Prof. Hui Deng, Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan.
Van der Waals heterostructure polaritons with moiré-induced nonlinearity, Polariton Laser in the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer Regime, and Emergence of microfrequency comb via limit cycles in dissipatively coupled condensates
Prof. Hui Deng is Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan. Her research centers on the discovery, creation, control and applications of quantum states in single-, few-, and many-body systems with matter-light couplings.
Apr 29, 2021 • 60min
Prof. Anupam Garg, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University.
Quantum mechanics versus macroscopic realism: Is the flux there when nobody looks?
Prof. Anupam Garg is professor of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University. His current research interests center around quantum phenomena involving the orientational degree of freedom of spin angular momentum.
Apr 27, 2021 • 1h 1min
Prof. Gilles Hilary, Professor of Accounting at Georgetown University.
Religion and business decisions, Trust and Contracting, Self-segregation and Labor Movement, Mandatory Data Breach Transparency and Insider Trading, and Artificial Intelligence and Fraud Detection
Prof. Gilles Hilary is professor of Accounting at Georgetown University. He is a founding member of Cercle-K2, a French think-tank on risk management. He is a Research Fellow at the French Military Police Academy (CREOGN) and a Senior Fellow at the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER)
