Somebody Call a Doctor: PhDs and What They Do

Eduardo Prado Cardoso is a PhD student at Catolica Lisboa. He was a scriptwriter in Brazil and studied cinema. Eduardo is interested in how news and visual storytelling creates a narrative of crimes, especially violent crimes, and how this representation can be sensationalized. We spoke to him as the second interview in a two-part live … Continue reading #12 Violence in Media with Eduardo →

Linda Koncz is a PhD student at Catolica Lisboa, and literally turned in her thesis the day she spoke with us live at Curious Monkey Cultural Association in Lisbon, Portugal. Linda has always been obsessed with dreams. She originally studied cinema, and started interviewing people about their dreams when she got her first camera.

Kim Albrecht is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Potsdam in the field of media theory. As a knowledge designer and aesthetic researcher, Kim explores the boundaries of visual knowledge in the post-digital age. We’ll be talking about his research and its implications, and ask him why you’d call him if somebody said, “Somebody … Continue reading #10 The Philosophy of Visual Knowledge with Kim Albrecht →

Farhan Hasan is a PhD student at New Mexico State University, where his research focuses on how galaxies form and evolve, and what it means for us here on earth. We’ll be talking about his research and its implications, and ask him why you’d call him if somebody said, “Somebody Call a Doctor!” More Information … Continue reading #9 Astronomy and What It Means For Us with Farhan Hasan →

Sadie Menicanin is PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, where her research focuses on historical musicology and the intersection of music and visual culture, and how music can create metaphorical spaces in opera and other mediums. We’ll be talking about her research and its implications, and ask her why you’d call her if somebody … Continue reading #8 Musicology from Medieval Chant to Beyonce with Sadie Menicanin →

Dr. Seim is postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University, where she collaborates with Allison Okamura and Maarten Lansberg. She received her PhD in Computing from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where her dissertation focused on wearable computing and motor skill training. She has been recognized for her work by the National Science Foundation, Microsoft Research … Continue reading #7 Wearables for Rehabilitation with Caitlyn Seim →

Rob Christensen is a PhD candidate in History at Georgetown. His research focuses on studying indigenous people in South America and understanding how the environment and man-made conflict impacted the socioeconomic order in their communities. We’ll be talking about his research and its implications, and ask him why you’d call him if somebody said, “Somebody … Continue reading #6 Indigenous People vs Man and Environment with Rob Christensen →

Margaret Lindeman is a PhD student at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Her research focuses on ice sheet-ocean interactions in Greenland, and how ocean currents bring warm water close to the ice sheet, affecting how fresh water flows into the ocean and affects ocean currents. We’ll be talking about her research and its implications, and … Continue reading #5 Ice Sheet Melting and Ocean Warming with Margaret Lindeman →

Dave Abel is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Brown. His research focuses on the foundations of Artificial Intelligence and its applications to scientific and societal challenges. We’ll be talking about his research and its implications, and ask him why you’d call him if somebody said, “Somebody Call a Doctor!” Additional Articles and Links … Continue reading #4 Building Intelligent Agents with Dave Abel →

Diego Ponce De Leon Barido is a recent PhD in Energy and Resources at Berkeley. His graduate research focused on using national and global data to make predictions about electricity grid demand and its health. He also worked in the development of technology for flexible demand and behavioral energy efficiency in resource constrained environments. We’ll … Continue reading #3 Data Driving Sustainability with Diego Ponce De Leon Barido →

Nkiruka (Nikky) Avila is a recent PhD in Energy and Resources at Berkeley. Her graduate research focused on solar grid integration and climate policy in California, and on electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia to answer the question, “Energy by Whom?”. We’ll be talking about her research and its implications, the process of getting … Continue reading #2 Energy by Whom? with Nikky Avila →

Rivers Ingersoll, PhD, is a recent PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford. His thesis focused on measuring and understanding the aerodynamic forces of hovering hummingbirds and bats. The project aimed to make animal research less invasive, increase our understandings of extreme muscle functions, and improve the design of bird inspired flying robots. We’ll be talking … Continue reading #1 Hummingbirds and Haptics with Rivers Ingersoll →