Interviewing university professors about their unique research. You’ll learn what led them to their field, their current research interests, and their predictions for the future. You won’t get a degree from listening, but you’ll definitely get a little smarter.
Dr. Elton Cairns is a Professor at UC Berkeley (Berkeley, CA, USA) in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. His research interests include fundamental properties and behavior of electrodes employed in high-performance rechargeable batteries and fuel cells. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Anders Hayden is an Associate Professor at Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS, Canada) in Political Science. His research interests include green growth, alternative measurements of prosperity and wellbeing, and politics of climate change. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Jennifer Dionne is an Associate Professor at Stanford University (Stanford, CA, USA) in Materials Science and Engineering. Her research interests include developing new optical materials and microscopies. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Ronald Cohen is a Professor at UC Berkeley (Berkeley, CA, USA) in Chemistry & Earth and Planetary Sciences. His research interests include atmospheric chemistry. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Iain Borden is a Professor at University College London (London, UK) in Architecture and Urban Culture. His research interests include how architecture and cities are experienced and re-used by the public. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Prof Stephanie Castilla is an Adjunct Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI, USA) in Industrial Design. Her research interests include integrating technology into K-12 education. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Javier Ortega-Hernández is an Assistant Professor at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, USA) in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. His research interests include the evolution of major animal groups during the Paleozoic era (about 541 million years ago to 251 million years ago). The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Erin Donovan is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX, USA) in Communication Studies. Her research interests include health communication, disclosure, avoidance, and uncertainty. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Julie Goddard is an Associate Professor at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA) in Food Science. Her research interests include biomaterials and biointerfaces in food and agriculture. Her work is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Simon Darnell is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto (Toronto, ON, Canada) in Kinesiology. His research interests include sociology of sport and physical activity, and social movements and activism in sport. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Christian Málaga-Chuquitaype is a Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London (London, UK) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research interests include structural timber engineering, and earthquake engineering. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Kathryn Harrison is a Professor at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC, Canada) in Political Science. Her research interests include environmental, climate, and energy policy. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Paul Curtis is a Professor at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA) in Wildlife Science. His research interests include reducing human-wildlife conflicts in agricultural and suburban landscapes. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Kathy Babiak is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) in Sport Management. Her research interests include corporate social responsibility activities of professional sport organizations. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Eric Sheppard is the Alexander von Humboldt Professor at UCLA (Los Angeles, CA, USA) in Geography. His research interests include uneven geographies of globalization, and urbanization in the global South. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Ellen Bruno is a Cooperative Extension Specialist at UC Berkeley (Berkeley, CA, USA) in Agricultural and Resource Economics. Her research interests include agricultural and natural resources policy. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Vinita Damodaran is a Professor at the University of Sussex (Brighton, UK) in South Asian History. Her research interests include climate change, environmental history, and sustainable development dialogues in the global South. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Prof Michael Lye is a Senior Critic & NASA Coordinator at the Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI, USA) in Industrial Design. His research interests include human-centered design for transportation and healthcare. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Hartley Banack is a Lecturer at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC, Canada) in Education. His research interests include outdoor and experiential education, curriculum development, and early childhood education. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Peter Girguis is a Professor at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, USA) in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. His research interests include physiology and biochemistry of deep-sea microorganisms. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Douglas Davies is a Professor at Durham University (Durham, UK) in Theology and Religion. His research interests include the Mormon religion, emotions, death, and ritual. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Michela Giorcelli is an Assistant Professor at UCLA (Los Angeles, CA, USA) in Economics. Her research interests include the determinants of productivity and innovation in the 20th century. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Prof Joan Abraham is a Lecturer at the Parsons School of Design (New York City, NY, USA) in Marketing. Her research interests include advertising, branding, and fashion marketing. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Jennifer Bonnell is an Assistant Professor at York University (Toronto, ON, Canada) in History. Her research interests include the environmental history of Toronto, biodiversity and environmental change in Canada, and museums, commemoration, and public history. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Matthew Bonds is an Assistant Professor at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, USA) in Global Health and Social Medicine. His research interests include the science of implementing global health delivery systems. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Abhishek Borah is an Assistant Professor at INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France) in Marketing. His research interests include how firms can use social media and big data to create customer value. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Wolfgang de Melo is a Professor at the University of Oxford (Oxford, UK) in Classics and Linguistics. His research interests include Plautus and the language of Roman comedy, and Varro’s De lingua Latina (our first large-scale grammar of Latin). The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Prof Stefania Druga is an Adjunct Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI, USA) in Industrial Design. Her research interests include artificial intelligence education. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Terry Peters is a Professor at Western University (London, ON, Canada) in Medical Biophysics. His research interests include image-guided surgery, virtual reality, and brain imaging. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Richard Binzel is a Professor at MIT (Cambridge, MA, USA) in Planetary Sciences. His research interests include asteroids and Pluto. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Roussos Dimitrakopoulos is a Professor at McGill University (Montreal, QC, Canada) in Mining Engineering. His research interests include sustainable mineral resource development, and stochastic mine optimization. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Paul Chan is a Professor at Delft University of Technology (Delft, Netherlands) in Design and Construction Management. His research interests include how future work processes and technologies are going to shape better built environments. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Peggy Compton is an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA, USA) in Nursing. Her research interests include addiction in chronic pain patients. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Michael Strevens is a Professor at NYU (New York City, NY, USA) in Philosophy. His research interests include the philosophy of science, and philosophical applications to cognitive science. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Rodolfo Leyva is a Fellow at the London School of Economics (London, UK) in Media and Communications. His research interests include media culture, neoliberalism, and the effects of the Internet on political participation. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Prof Rob Harrap is an Adjunct Professor at Queen’s University (Kingston, ON, Canada) in Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering. His research interests include how we use our mind and our tools to understand the Earth, such as using game engines, and mobile applications. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Sujin Lee is an Assistant Professor at the University of Victoria (Victoria, BC, Canada) in Pacific and Asian Studies. Her research interests include colonialism, capitalism, and population issues in the Japanese Empire. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Bernd Blossey is an Associate Professor at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA) in Natural Resources. His research interests include the effects that single and combined multiple stressors (deer, earthworms, and invasive plants) have on species and ecosystems. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Michael Charlton is a Lecturer at University College London (London, UK) in Archaeology. His research interests include preindustrial technology, archaeological science, and European archaeology. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Róisín Owens is a Lecturer at the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK) in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology. Her research interests include harnessing the power of engineering for developing in vitro biological models. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Hal Abelson is a Professor at MIT (Cambridge, MA, USA) in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. His research interests include cybersecurity and computer science education. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Holly Recchia is an Associate Professor at Concordia University (Montreal, QC, Canada) in Education. Her research interests include how children’s social and moral development occur in the context of their close relationships with parents, siblings, and friends. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Jim Davies is a Full Professor at Carleton University (Ottawa, ON, Canada) in Cognitive Science. His research interests include imagination and creating computer models of visualization with artificial intelligence. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Carolyn Podruchny is an Associate Professor at York University (Toronto, ON, Canada) in History. Her research interests include Indigenous peoples in northern North America before 1900, Metis and fur trade history, and French colonialism in early North America. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Mathieu Blanchette is an Associate Professor at McGill University (Montreal, QC, Canada) in Computer Science. His research interests include bioinformatics and computational biology. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. John Zelenski is a Professor at Carleton University (Ottawa, ON, Canada) in Psychology. His research interests include happiness, and connection to nature. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Hal Whitehead is a Professor at Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS, Canada) in Biology. His research interests include the behaviour, ecology, and conservation of whales. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Ryan Katz-Rosene is an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa (Ottawa, ON, Canada) in Political Studies. His research interests include climate change, sustainable agriculture, and sustainable transportation. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Jörg Denzinger is an Associate Professor at the University of Calgary (Calgary, AB, Canada) in Computer Science. His research interests include artificial intelligence and games, multi-agent systems, and knowledge-based search. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Jonathan Dushoff is a Professor at McMaster University (Hamilton, ON, Canada) in Biology. His research interests include theoretical, statistical, and computational approaches to understanding the evolution and spread of infectious diseases. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
Dr. Jota Samper is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado (Boulder, CO, USA) in Environmental Design. His research interests include sustainable urban growth, and the intersection between urban informality (slums) and urban violent conflict. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.
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