This week, Prof. Aaron Kyle shares his vision for intentional integration of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into engineering education. He speaks on overcoming his introverted nature to realize his passion for classroom instruction, and how his upbringing informed his career path across the US, from the midwest to Columbia and now his current position at Duke University.  ..read more

Dr. Peymon Ghazi is the Co-Founder and CEO of Malcova, a company endeavoring to redefine breast CT scans to better visualize miccrocalcifications, tiny calcium deposits that provide early traces of cancer. He shares how he turned his back-of-the-napkin idea into a start-up company and the challenges faced along the way.  ..read more

Prof. Noo Li Jeon introduces his lab's groundbreaking work in developing organ-on-a-chip microfluidic devices for applications in high throughput drug screening and personalized medicine. He also shares the value of working at the interface between disciplines to discover new and exciting things ..read more

Dean Rich Corsi describes why his Corsi-Rosenthal box, a DIY indoor air purifying phenomenon, will always be open-source. He also shares his passion for dog training and how he earned the moniker “The Singing Professor".  If you'd like to build your own Corsi-Rosenthal box, you can find the information here: https://aghealth.ucdavis.edu/news/corsi-rosenthal-box-diy-box-fan-air-filter-covid-19-and-wildfire-smoke ..read more

Prof. Keyue Shen breaks down his lab's work to improve cancer therapeutics by focusing not on the cancer cell, but it’s environment, and shares his love of history and how his experience growing up in post-Cultural Revolution China shaped his natural inclination towards science experimentation.  ..read more

Dr. Liana Lareau shares her passion for studying RNA, what is was like to work in Pat Brown's group as a trainee, and explains how it felt in 2020 to be working in a field with direct relevance to the emerging global pandemic.   Here is a link to the iBiology video Liana mentions during the podcast:   https://www.ibiology.org/genetics-and-gene-regulation/experiment-meselson-and-stahl/   ..read more

Dr. Beth Pruitt describes why she is interested in mechanobiology - how cells change their decision making when under load - and how joining the Navy paved a circuitous path to academia ..read more

Prof. Tara Deans, an associate professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Utah, discusses her innovative ideas at the forefront of synthetic biology and opens up about the challenges of having a baby during graduate school.  ..read more