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Radio Physics is for everyone! You don't have to be a scientist or even an aficionado to be fascinated by the questions and answers that you'll hear between 4:30 and 5:00 on the fourth Tuesday of every month. Radio Physics is a collaboration with top high school physics students from Aspen to Rifle,…

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    Radio Physics | Tracy Slatyer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 27:30


    Tracy Slatyer is a professor of particle physics with a concentration in theoretical astrophysics with tenure at MIT.Her research is motivated by questions of fundamental particle physics — in particular, the nature and interactionsof dark matter — and she seeks answers to these questions by studying possible signatures of new physics inastrophysical and cosmological data. She was a co-discoverer of the giant gamma-ray structures known as the“Fermi Bubbles” erupting from the center of the Milky Way.

    Radio Physics | Chiara Toldo

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 27:35


    Chiara Toldo, research fellow of Harvard University with Audrey Woodrow.

    Radio Physics | Joaquin Rodriguez Nieva

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 27:30


    Joaquin Rodriguez Nieva is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Texas A&M University. He received his PhD from MIT, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University as well as Stanford University. His research is in quantum physics, quantum matter, and statistical physics. He studies emergent phenomena in complex systems. More specifically, his research involves developing theoretical frameworks at the interface between non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and quantum information that can be used to describe, understand and, ultimately, control novel dynamical behaviors.

    Radio Physics | Ganpathy Murthy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 27:22


    Summer Interns, Isaac Thompson and Audrey Woodrow speak with physicist, Ganpathy Murthy.

    Radio Physics | Volodymyr Takhistov

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 27:29


    In this episode of Radio Physics, local students Will Jones and Grace Hassell interview Volodymyr Takhistov. Volodymyr Takhistov is a theoretical physicist, Principal Investigator, and Associate Professor at the International Center for Quantum-field Measurement Systems for Studies of the Universe and Particles. He received his PhD from University of California Irvine, and has held appointments at UCLA and Kavli IPMU at University of Tokyo.

    Radio Physics | KC Huang

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 27:27


    Physicist, KC Huang of Stanford University speaks with Summer intern, Colby Vanderaa

    Radio Physics | Javier Magán

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 27:23


    Javier Magán on Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Gravity, Quantum Information, Quantum Chaos and Quantum Complexity.

    Radio Physics | John Schwarz

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 28:00


    On this episode of Radio Physics, student intern Bryson Wells interviews John Schwarz, a Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, the California Institute of Technology.

    Radio Physics | Alex Lupsasca, Vanderbilt University

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 30:30


    On this episode of Radio Physics, Alex Lupsasca speaks with summer interns, Andrew Tran and Bryson Wells. Alex Lupsasca is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Math at Vanderbilt University. He is a theorist with training in high-energy physics and general relativity.

    Radio Physics | Jessica Werk

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 27:30


    On this episode of Radio Physics, summer interns Ean Olmstead and Andrew Tran interview Jessica Werk, associate professor of Physics at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on the role of gas in the formation and evolution of galaxies and the intergalactic medium, primarily through spectroscopic observations in the optical and ultraviolet.

    Radio Physics | Physicist, Glennys Farrar interviewed by summer intern, Imogen Kistner

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 30:00


    On this episode of Radio Physics, summer intern, Imogen Kistner interviews Glenny's Reynolds Farrar.

    Radio Physics | Kim Berghaus

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 27:30


    This episode of Radio Physics features Kim Berghaus, a postdoctoral researcher at StonyBrook University who specializes in minimal thermal friction in cosmology, and researches the Migdal Effect in semiconductors, dark matter, and dark energy radiation.

    Radio Phyiscs | Multiwavelength Observations & Extreme Gravitational Environments

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 27:30


    Corey Michelin, a rising senior at Aspen High School and Madeline Schaefer, the daughter of visiting physicists, interview Kristen Dage, a postdoctoral fellow at the McGill Space Institute. Kristen uses multiwavelength observations to identify objects in extreme gravitational environments and characterize their physics. She received her PhD in astrophysics in from Michigan State University, and her Bachelor of Science in physics at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

    Radio Physics | Gravitational Waves & Astrophysics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2022 26:20


    Evelyn Stefli, a rising senior at Aspen High School interviews Cecilia Chirenti, a research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland. Cecilia earned her Bachelor's and PhD degrees in Physics from the Physics Institute of the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, followed by a postdoc at the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam, Germany, before becoming a professor at the Federal University of ABC in Brazil, where she still maintains strong connections. Her research interests include relativistic astrophysics, testing relativity with gravitational waves, and understanding the details of black hole and neutron star mergers. She is also very active with education and outreach and maintains a busy schedule both in the US and Brazil encouraging students to become interested in astrophysics.

    Radio Physics: Students Interview CERN Scientist

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 26:30


    Aspen High School students Kenton Kowar and Elijah Goldman interview Nicholas Rodd, a theoretical physicist at CERN and organizer of the winter conference, “New Methods and Ideas at the Frontiers of Particle Physics." The three met during Lina Necib's excellent public lecture at the Wheeler Opera House which Nicholas introduced. Lina's lecture is available at YouTube Aspen Physics by searching 2022 Winter Public Lectures.

    Radio Physics: High Schoolers Interview Astrophysicist

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 26:30


    Aspen High School senior, Kenton Kowar, and Basalt High School junior, Connor Hoffman, interview theoretical astrophysicist Anna Lisa Varri from the University of Edinburgh. Anna Lisa's research focuses on the dynamics of stellar systems combining mathematics and astronomy and Kenton's and Connor's questions penetrated deeply into her research.

    Radio Physics: Girls in STEM talk with Practicing Physicists

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 26:30


    Patty Fox and members of the Aspen High School club, Girls in STEM interview practicing physicists and get some fantastic advice.

    Girls in STEM Interview Physicists

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 26:30


    This fall, a group of Aspen High School students led by Mino Khan-Farooqi, Natalie Wesner and Claire Anderson formed a new club, “Girls in STEM,” with the intention of expanding their knowledge of careers in science, tech, engineering and math, in part by talking to women in these fields.

    Clare Yu Interviews Caroline Boyd on Radio Physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 26:31


    Caroline Boyd was a rising senior at Aspen High School in 2012 when she worked as a go-fer during the Aspen Center for Physics' 50th celebration. She was inspired by her conversations with physicists at the Center to work in a lab when she went to Colorado College. This led Caroline to graduate work in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley where she is now a doctoral candidate in Microbiology. In this interview, a reversal of our usual format, physics professor Clare Yu (University of California, Irvine), a member of the Aspen Center for Physics, probes Caroline's research interests and shares her enthusiasm for virology and experimental research.

    Prof. Vivienne Baldassare on Radio Physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 26:28


    Katherine Young interviews Vivienne Baldassare, the William Band Distinguished Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Washington State University. Vivienne earned her PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Michigan in 2017.

    Radio Physics: Aditi Mitra

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 26:28


    Gemma Hill, a senior at Aspen High School and Katherine Young, senior at Glenwood Springs High School talk to Aditi Mitra, Professor of Physics at New York University, whose interests include quantum phase transitions and nanoscale physics.

    Gemma Hill and Keith Hawkins on Radio Physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 26:28


    Gemma Hill, a senior at Aspen High School, interviews galactic archeologist Keith Hawkins, Assistant Professor of Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin. His research group focuses on the nature of the Milky Way.

    Gemma Hill Interviews Stephanie Palmer on Radio Physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 27:13


    Gemma Hill, a rising junior at Aspen High School interviews Stephanie Palmer, Associate Professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and the Department of Physics. She studies how neurons collectively encode incoming information and perform computations on the information. The brain performs several classes of computation including signal comparison, prediction, error correction, and learning.

    Radio Physics: Assistant Professor Sarah Loebman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 27:04


    Danie Way, a rising junior at Glenwood Springs High School interviews Sarah Loebman , an assistant professor in astrophysics at the University of California, Merced. Sarah 's primary research interests are in galaxy evolution, clustered star formation, and chemo-dynamics in the Local Universe. She is also a devoted teacher and student advocate, and is strongly committed to supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts in astrophysics.

    Radio Physics: Dr. Grace Telford Discusses Nearby Galaxies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 26:27


    Danie Way, a rising senior at Glenwood Springs High School interviews Dr. Grace Telford, a postdoctoral researcher at Rutgers University studying the histories of star formation and heavy element, or metal, enrichment in nearby galaxies.

    Theoretical Physicist Jacob Bourjaily Explains Quantum Field Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020 26:28


    Jacob Bourjaily is a theoretical physicist at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. Jacob completed his PhD in 2011 at Princeton Unviersity after which he spent three years at Harvard University as a Junior Fellow. The primary focus of Jacob's research is quantum field theory: connecting theory to experiment. Here, he explains why predictions made using quantum theory are often surprisingly simple in form.

    Ibrahim Bah Considers Multiverses and Holography

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2020 28:34


    Ibrahim Bah is Assistant Professor of Physics at Johns Hopkins University. His general research interest is in theoretical high-energy physics and cosmology exploring the relations between quantum field theories, string theory and gravity via the framework of holography. He’s also interested in fundamental aspects of black holes and their role in nature, all part of a larger research program in high-energy physics whose main goal is to understand a quantum theory of gravity.

    Nobel Prize Recipient Wolfgang Ketterle Defines "Spectroscopy"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 26:00


    After postdoctoral work, Wolfgang Ketterle joined the physics faculty at MIT where he is now the John D. MacArthur Professor of Physics. He does experimental research in atomic physics and laser spectroscopy and focuses currently on Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute atomic gases.

    Sayantani Ghosh Advocates for Women in Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 26:28


    Sayantani Ghosh is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Merced. Her research covers both traditional topics and emerging multi-disciplinary themes in condensed matter physics. In addition, Professor Ghosh is the Founding Faculty and Advisor of UC Merced Women in Science and Engineering .

    Pankaj Mehta Marries Science with Activism

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2019 26:26


    Pankaj Mehta is an Associate Professor at Boston University. His research focuses on theoretical and computational problems at the interface of theoretical physics, biology, and machine learning. Pankaj Mehta is also a long-time activist and writes regularly on science and politics.

    Professor Amir Yacoby Encourages Intrigue

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 26:26


    Professor Amir Yacoby teaches Physics at Harvard University. His current interests include understanding the behavior of low-dimensional systems and their applications to quantum information technology.

    Dr. Paul Goldbart Condenses Condensed Matter Physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 26:26


    Paul Goldbart is Dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Professor in the Department of Physics at University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses primarily on condensed matter. Paul also contributes to the fields of mesoscopic physics, quantum entanglement and chaos, atom-light crystallization in ultracold gases, nano-superconductivity, and a little law and economics.

    Professor Baskaran Explores Colloids and Other Soft Materials on Radio Physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 26:26


    Aparna Baskaran, Associate Professor of Physics at Brandeis University , studies the dynamics of soft materials far from equilibrium. She is presently focused on understanding active materials such as self-propelled colloids and in vitro cytoskeletal filament systems, field and shear driven colloids and granular materials.

    Flip Tanedo Delves into Dark Matter and Theoretical Particle Physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2019 26:27


    Flip Tanedo is an assistant professor of theoretical physics at the University of California, Riverside where he is known for being covered in chalk dust after a long day’s work . His goal is to figure out what dark matter is and how it fits into our understanding of fundamental science. Flip grew up in Los Angeles and fell in love with physics after reading The Physics of Star Trek . This carried into degrees in mathematics and physics at Stanford, Cambridge, and Durham, a Ph.D at Cornell and a postdoc at UC Irvine.

    Dr. Katherine Mack Explains Theories of Universe from Beginning to End

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 26:27


    Dr. Katherine Mack is a theoretical astrophysicist who studies cosmology and teaches at North Carolina State University. She speaks with Aspen High School's Maxine Mellin and Lander Greenway about dark matter, the early universe, galaxy formation, black holes, cosmic strings and the ultimate fate of the cosmos.

    Dr. Jim Halverson Brings String Theory Down to Earth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2019 26:26


    Dr. Jim Halverson is an assistant professor of physics at Northeastern University and applies his background in computation and math to study the interface between particle physics, string theory and cosmology. Interviewing him are Sharmila Day and Maxine Mellin.

    UC Merced Founding Faculty Member Ajay Gopinathan Discusses Biological Physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2019 26:28


    Ajay Gopinathan joined UC Merced just as it opened and served as one of the founding members of the faculty, helping build undergraduate and graduate programs in Physics as well as interdisciplinary centers and institutes on campus.

    Radio Physics: Dr. Smitha Vishveshwara Bridges Art and Physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2019 26:31


    On this month's edition of Radio Physics , we hear from Smitha Vishveshwara, Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. Smitha is bringing physics and the arts together with a focus on her two favorite subjects, the quantum world and the cosmos.

    Radio Physics: Marta Łuksza Uses Physics to Better Understand Disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2019 26:27


    On this month's edition of Radio Physics , we talk with Marta Łuksza, Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine in Mount Sinai, New York. She's developed models to predict the evolution of influenza virus.

    Radio Physics: Kevin Flaherty Studies Star Formation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019 26:28


    Kevin Flaherty works for the Williams Astronomy and Physics departments as the observatory manager and astronomy lab instructor. In his research career, he has focused on the structure of gas and dust surrounding young stars, and how planets form out of this material. He is also interested in making astronomy a more inclusive environment and in bringing astronomy to others through outreach in the community. Radio Physics is a collaboration with the Aspen Center for Physics, KDNK Radio, and advanced physics students at Roaring Fork Valley High School. This interview was recorded earlier in 2018 during the teen summer program .

    Professor Meg Urry Studies Astronomy and Encourages Diversity in Physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2018 26:26


    On this installment of Radio Physics, a conversation with Meg Urry, the Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Director of the Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics. She arrived at Yale in 2001 as the first woman with a tenured position in the Yale Physics Department, and the only woman in the Department at that time. Her scientific research focuses on active galaxies, that is, galaxies with unusually luminous cores, which host accreting supermassive black holes in their centers. Radio Physics is a collaboration with the Aspen Center for Physics, KDNK Radio, and advanced physics students at Roaring Fork Valley High School. This interview was recorded earlier in 2018 during the teen summer program .

    Fiona Burnell Teaches Condensed Matter Physics in Quantum Regimes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2018 26:27


    Fiona Burnell is an assistant professor of physics at the University of Minnesota where she researches condensed matter physics — that is, how materials behave at very low temperatures, in regimes where quantum mechanics plays an important role in determining their properties. Her current focus is on using mathematics to understand new types of properties that materials could have, and helping to understand how to create new materials with these properties.

    Dr. Lucy Colwell Examines Large Data Sets to Understand Chemistry

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2018 26:28


    Lucy Colwell is a fellow and chemist at Clare College, Cambridge. She completed a BA in mathematics at Cambridge and PhD in applied mathematics at Harvard followed by membership at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ.

    Astronomer Chris Impey Explains Observational Cosmology

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2018 26:26


    Chris Impey is a University Distinguished Professor and deputy head of the astronomy department at the University of Arizona. His research has been supported by $18 million in grants from NASA and the National Science Foundation, and he has had 24 projects given time on astronomy's premier research facility, the Hubble Space Telescope.

    Sonia Paban Shares Research on Early Universe Expansion

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2018 26:27


    Sonia Paban is an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on the fundamental physics of the early universe, a period known as cosmic inflation. Sonia’s research seeks to understand how likely it was for the universe to enter this period of exponential expansion. She is also interested in which detailed particle physics mechanisms are both compatible with the observations and with String Theory.

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