Episodes
Episode 21 of the Modern Chemistry podcast features Professor Vivek Polshettiwar (https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-vivek-polshettiwar-40a5837/), interviewed by Purnima Parkhi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/purnima-parkhi-9386306/).
Published 03/23/23
Published 03/23/23
Episode 20 of the Modern Chemistry podcast features Nigel Taylor. Nigel is the founder of www.batterydesign.net – ‘Designed by battery engineers for battery engineers’. Nigel frequently posts updates and useful information on the state of EV batteries through batterydesign.net and his related social media channels. Prior to founding batterydesign.net, Nigel has gained over thirty years of experience in the automotive industry with companies such as Jaguar Land Rover, and Rover Group, more...
Published 11/15/22
Episode 19 of the Modern Chemistry podcast features Prof. Debabrata Maiti. Prof. Maiti is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, where he works on the catalysis of functionalizing carbon-hydrogen bonds. You can find out more about his work at his group’s website - https://www.dmaiti.com/ Prior to his time at the IIT, Prof. Maiti conducted research at Johns Hopkins University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), both in the USA.
Published 10/20/22
Sebastian Gross joins the show to discuss the trends in laboratory automation and all things data.
Published 06/09/22
Episode 17 of the Modern Chemistry podcast features Dr. Amanda Morris, Associate Chair and Professor of Chemistry and the Patricia Caldwell faculty fellow at Virginia Tech. In addition, Amanda is an associate editor of Chemical Physics Reviews, editorial advisory board member for ACS Applied Energy, Materials and Energy Chemistry, as well as being an ACS (American Chemistry Society) expert in sustainable energy. .
Published 02/10/22
Episode 16 of the Modern Chemistry podcast dives back into glycobiology and its practical application with Benjamin Schumann.
Published 12/16/21
Episode 15 of the Modern Chemistry podcast is a deep discussion with Monica Perez-Temprano about studying the mechanisms of catalytic processes.
Published 10/21/21
Episode 14 of the Modern Chemistry podcast is a deep discussion with Elisa Fadda about all things glycosylation, and in particular, how glycosylation of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein plays an essential role in the infectivity of the COVID-19 causing virus. Since 2014, Elisa has been a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at Maynooth University.
Published 06/29/21
Episode 13 of the Modern Chemistry podcast features Dr. Silvia Marchesan, Associate Professor the University of Trieste, Italy (Università degli Studi di Trieste) and head of the SuperStructures Lab. Prior to her current position, Silvia has worked in the UK and Australia, using a range of biology and chemistry techniques. Her current research focus includes the self-assembling properties of superstructures, and how to design the necessary building blocks that create those structures.
Published 06/15/21
Episode 12 of the modern Chemistry podcast features Dr. Vittorio Saggiomo, Assistant Professor at Wageningen University, Netherlands. Vittorio describes himself as an "organic chemist turned in new technology and applications. Microfluidics, 3D printing, microcontrollers and automation, sensors and devices". His research uses 3D printing and other novel technologies to develop accessible scientific devices and processes.
Published 04/20/21
Published 02/16/21
Episode 10 of the modern Chemistry podcast heads to the Mid-West US, Nebraska to be precise. We interview Christian Gunder, who is a fermentation microbiologist, currently working at Cargill. As you’ll hear in the show, Christin works on developing and optimizing a fermentation process for lactic acid product, which is then put to a very interesting use.
Published 10/29/20
Episode 7 of the modern Chemistry podcast is the first one recorded since the start of the global COVID 19 pandemic. Jeff Sperry and I talk about the impact of the pandemic on his work & working practices straight away, but after about 5 minutes, we transition over to other topics. So, if you’ve had enough virus chat, scroll through the first five minutes after the intro.
Published 06/18/20
For episodes 6 (Part 2) of the Modern Chemistry show, I have carried on my insightful journey with Kevin Lam- "The Electric Chemist". Kevin’s research interests focus on the applications of electrochemistry, in particular working on the fields of organic electrochemistry, organometallic electrochemistry and medicinal electrochemistry.
Published 05/19/20
For episode 5, which is split into two parts(episode 6 next month) of the Modern Chemistry show, I interviewed Kevin Lam. Kevin’s research interests focus on the applications of electrochemistry, in particular working on the fields of organic electrochemistry, organometallic electrochemistry and medicinal electrochemistry. The discussion with Kevin covered so much ground that I felt it made sense to split the discussion across two separate episodes.
Published 04/19/20
For episode 4 of the Modern Chemistry show, I interviewed Shmuel De Leon. Since 1990, Shmuel has been working with batteries, energy cells and other energy storage devices.
Published 03/19/20
For episode 3 of the Modern Chemistry show, I interviewed Nessa Carson, (@SuperScienceGrl on Twitter). Nessa currently works for Pfizer in the UK, in high throughput Chemistry and has previously worked for AMRI in a similar role. We discuss how robots have helped her in her work, but also how interdisciplinary modern chemistry needs to be.
Published 02/17/20
For episode 2 of the Modern Chemistry show, I interviewed RUSSELL TAYLOR, Lecturer in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry & ESPRC Manufacturing Fellow and SAM RAYNES, Ph.D. student. Both at Durham University, UK.
Published 01/08/20
For episode 1 of the Modern Chemistry show, I interviewed DAMIAN STEFANCZYK, Senior Consultant at Jensen Hughes and JENS CONZEN Associate Director, Industrial and Process Safety, also of Jensen Hughes. You can find out more information about Jensen Hughes at https://www.jensenhughes.com/ Jens is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jens-conzen-15364468/ - you’ll also find links to his publications and webinars on safety through this profile. Damian is on LinkedIn at...
Published 12/09/19
Published 12/05/19