Aravind Natarajan stands at the interface of biology and engineering. During his PhD, he modified bacteria to glycosylate proteins, potentially paving the way for mass production of medicines, vaccines, and other biological products. Here,

Growing up in Ivory Coast, Dave witnessed death caused by preventable diseases, which led him on a life mission to protect people from getting sick. As a PhD student in Chemical Engineering, Dave is developing a novel method to produce

Artwork by Laura Sinclair laurasinclair34.wordpress.com From a young age, Ghazal Shoorideh has always known she wanted to pursue a PhD. We catch up with her to see how she plans to transition from designing next generation batteries in graduate school

Graphic by Abhishek Sharma. Science Blender logo design by Rachael Mady. In solidarity with #ShutDownStem and for the 155th celebration of Juneteenth, we revisited our past interviews where we spoke with Black and African American scientists in our com...

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  Artwork by Laura Sinclair laurasinclair34.wordpress.com A book led to an early career decision that Joe Kuo never turned back from, but it wasn’t a straight path. Now, as a post-doctoral researcher, he studies the link between cancer and the

Doubting yourself? Feeling unqualified? You are not the only one. Listen in as we tackle this widespread dread known as imposter syndrome. Published: June 17th 2019Hosts: Charlie Heinke and Monet Roberts Music Credits: Kalte Ohren (septahelix remix) (f...

Coming from Iceland, Arna made her way to the US to work on science useful for geothermal operations back home. Here she developed a new method to extract lithium out of geothermal wastewater. We’ll hear about how she navigates between

Some used to say lithium metal batteries were impossible. Snehashis’s strategy? Nanoparticles. Sneh shares with us how he followed his life’s current and wound up thinking about what happens between two electrodes.

Mardochee’s scientific curiosity started with wondering how international phone calls work. After college, he went to America to pursue a research career, though his home country of Haiti never left his mind. We will hear how Mardochee bridged the worlds