Scientist

Alison Olechowski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto in Canada. Kapil Amarnath is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. Amanda Vernon is a graduate student in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, MA. We talk about technology, popular culture, and claiming scientists.

Sarah Gaither is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. We talk about social psychology, biracial identity, and wedding photos.

Martin Chalfie is University Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University. We talk about green fluorescent protein, 2008, and Douglas Prasher.

Margaret Polaneczky is a gynecologist at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York. We talk about women's health, ethics, and New York.

Ken Buesseler is Senior Scientist of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. We talk about measuring radioactivity after the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters, crowdfunding, and dealing with foreign governments and online trolls. Hosted by Toshiki Nakashige.

Michael Eisen is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development at the University of California, Berkeley. We talk about fruit flies, Open Access, and running for political office. Hosted and produced by Toshiki Nakashige.