Ep 17: Conversation with E. Arunan - The Physical Chemist

E Arunan is a physical chemist and Professor at Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru webpage : https://ipc.iisc.ac.in/~ea/arunan_cv_December2020.html twitter : https://twitter.com/earunan?lang=en In this episode (2 hour+) we discussed his biography, learning science in Tamil, his transition from Madurai to Madras to Delhi to Kansas and finally to IISc Bangalore. We discuss about his work including microwave spectroscopy, hydrogen bonding, Indian academia, and Tamil poetry and its contemporary relevance... Listen as we humanize science. our youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/@g.v.pavankumarlab2908/playlists References : Arunan, E. “Arunan’s Lab Webpage.” Accessed August 19, 2023. https://ipc.iisc.ac.in/~ea/. earunan. “Arunan’s Blogpage,” January 2, 2022. https://earunan.org/. “Indian Institute of Science.” Accessed August 19, 2023. https://iisc.ac.in/events/remembering-prof-vasant-natarajan-1965-2021/. “Inorganic and Physical Chemistry.” Accessed August 19, 2023. https://ipc.iisc.ac.in/. “The American College | Madurai.” Accessed August 19, 2023. https://americancollege.edu.in/. Arunan, Elangannan, Gautam R. Desiraju, Roger A. Klein, Joanna Sadlej, Steve Scheiner, Ibon Alkorta, David C. Clary, et al. “Definition of the hydrogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2011).” Pure and Applied Chemistry 83, no. 8 (July 8, 2011): 1637–41. https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-10-01-02. “Current Science.” Accessed August 19, 2023. https://www.currentscience.ac.in/show.author.php?id=3002. driftonblog. “Ode to My Mozart in Physics.” Driving and Drifting... (blog), December 29, 2021. https://driftonblog.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/ode-to-my-mozart-in-physics/. “EA>Research.” Accessed August 19, 2023. https://ipc.iisc.ac.in/~ea/research.html. Episode 08 : Gripping History of Laser Invention, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atjcoM8UANs. “Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju.” In Wikipedia, July 12, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gautam_Radhakrishna_Desiraju&oldid=1164957848. “Kural.” In Wikipedia, August 12, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kural&oldid=1169933209. “Pankaj Mandal’s Webpage - Pankaj Was One of the PhD Students of Arunan.” Accessed August 19, 2023. https://sites.google.com/view/iiser-pankaj-mandal/team.