EP 14 - Dr. Alexander Bay - Poop, Ignorance, Donuts
Meet Dr. Alexander Bay, Chair of the Department of History. This history buff uses his studies on a modernizing Japan to help fight diseases today. Yo...
This Grad Life Podcast
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A podcast about hot research and the hot mess (grad student) behind it! This Grad Life is all about celebrating cutting edge research and commiserating with the poor souls that do all of the work. Here in this podcast I interview grad students and we talk about their research, what they've learned, and what they've discovered about themselves.
EP 13 - Richa Yeshvekar - Flowers, Wellness, Chai
Meet Richa Yeshvekar, plant biologist at University of Leeds. This agricultural scientist wants to help feed people. But along the way, she stumbled u...
EP 12 - Dr. Carey Huh - Lazy Eye, Nihilism, Korean Food
Meet Dr. Carey Huh, neuroscientist at UCI. She looks at the connections in the brain, and how they might explain amblyopia, also known as lazy eye. Us...
EP 11 - Scott Kilianski - Memory, Therapy, Peanut Butter Yogurt
Meet Scott Kiliansky. This friendly sci-fi nerd got into neuroscience in order to live out his sci-fi nerd fantasies. He researches how memories are c...
EP 10 - Kendra Walters - Microbes, Perfectionism, Cheese.
Meet Kendra Walters, who examines the mobility of microbes. These little dudes are an important part of *cue music* the circle of liiiiiife! They eat ...
EP 9 - Jaclyn Beck - Microglia, Impostor's Syndrome, Ice Cream
Meet Jaclyn Beck. She studies the aging process of microglia, which make up the brain's personal immune system defense force. While important, these c...
EP 8 - Janielle Vidal - Alzheimer's, Guts, Spaceships
Meet Janielle Vidal. She studies the relationship of the gut microbiome, copper intake, and Alzheimer’s disease. Not only is her research about the gu...
EP 7 - Alex Jarnot - Atmospheric Chemistry, Ninja Air Cans, Chex Mix
Meet Alex Jarnot, a PhD student at UC Irvine, studying atmospheric chemistry. His lab has quite the pedigree, the original founder shared the Nobel Pr...
EP 6 - Darby Vickers - Epistemology, Post Truth, Speculoos Cookies
Meet Darby Vickers, a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy UC Irvine, who studies ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of education. She'...
EP 5 - Kelli Malott - Reproductive Toxicology, Righteous Indignation, Microwave Nachos
Meet Kelli Malott, a PhD candidate in the School of Medicine at UC Irvine, who studies reproductive toxicology. Specifically, she looks at benzo(a)pyr...