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After Office Hours
by Becky Arbiv, Rohin Maganti
STEM podcast for prospective and current STEM students providing insight into the lives and careers of professors and graduate students. Becky and Rohin are recent alumni of Duke University's Biomedical Engineering Department.Music Credits: Michelle Dantzler & Courtney Dantzler
Episodes
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Dr. Brian Kobilka: Receptors, Creativity, Competition, and Collaboration (Episode 21)
Our conversation with Dr. Brian Kobilka, recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University. Dr. Kobilka is a humble, passionate scientist who strongly believes in the importance of...
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Dr. Bruce Donald: Language and Semantics, Robotics, Quantum Mechanics, Drug Design, and Caffeine (Episode 20)
Our conversation with Dr. Bruce Donald, James B. Duke Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Chemistry and Professor of Biochemistry and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. Dr. Donald is also the founder of Ten63 Therapeutics, whose mission to is to “Drug the...
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Dr. Hashim Al-Hashimi: Biological Computation, Turing Machines, and the Discovery of the Double Helix (Episode 19)
Our conversation with Dr. Hashim Al-Hashimi, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry and Director of the Center for RNA Biology at Duke University. Dr. Al-Hashimi was the recipient of the National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology in 2020. See more about Dr. Al-Hashimi…
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Dr. Avi Loeb: Aliens, Astrophysics, Philosophy, and the Discovery of Oumuamua (Episode 18)
Our conversation with Dr. Avi Loeb, the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard university, Director, Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC), Founding Director, Black Hole Initiative (BHI), and author of the New York Times best seller Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent...
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Season 2 Episode 6: Dr. Shaundra Daily
Our conversation with Dr. Shaundra Daily, Associate Professor of the Practice in the Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science departments. Tune in to hear about her passion for engineering better learning environments, promoting diversity in tech, and pursuing unique approaches to...
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Season 2 Episode 5: Dr. Jessilyn Dunn
Tune in to hear our conversation with Dr. Jessilyn Dunn, Assistant Professor of BME, ECE, and Biostatistics & Bioinformatics at Duke University. She speaks about the ongoing wearable-centered research projects she is pursuing in her lab, her team's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and her some…
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Season 2 Episode 4: Dr. Donna Crenshaw
Our conversation with Dr. Donna Crenshaw, Executive Director of MEDX, an innovative collaborative venture between the Duke University School of Medicine and the Pratt School of Engineering. Tune in to hear about how her prior experiences as both a researcher and administrator in the…
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Season 2 Episode 3: Dr. Robert Lefkowitz
Our conversation with Dr. Robert Lefkowitz, recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and James B. Duke Professor of Medicine at Duke University. In addition to being an exceptionally talented researcher, Dr. Lefkowitz is a fantastic storyteller and shares countless vignettes from his...
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Season 2, Episode 2: Dr. Daniel Sorin
Our conversation with Dr. Daniel Sorin, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Duke University. Tune in to hear the story of how a chance meeting with another professor at a Dean's luncheon led to him co-founding Realtime Robotics, a company focused on real-time,...
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Season 2, Episode 1: Dr. Cameron Kim
Welcome back after a short break for our second season of podcast releases! Here is our conversation with Dr. Cameron Kim, Lecturer in the BME department at Duke. As a Duke alum, Dr. Kim has had some pretty crazy and exciting experiences, from being on college jeopardy, mentoring the award…
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Episode 11: Dr. Ken Gall
Our conversation with Dr. Ken Gall, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Associate Dean of Entrepreneurship in Pratt. Dr. Gall not only conducts exciting research on shape memory metals and polymers but also has founded two successful medical device...
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Episode 10: Dr. Eric Richardson
Our conversation with Dr. Eric Richardson, Associate Professor of Practice in BME and Director of the Design Health Program. Tune in to hear him speak about his experience at Medtronic developing heart valves that are used by hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide, how his experience in...
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Episode 9: Dr. Ravi Bellamkonda
Our conversation with Dr. Bellamkonda, Vinik Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering and Professor of Bioomedical Engineering. Tune in to hear some of the incredible stories he shares about his journey to the US, his passion for conducting research to combat brain cancer, and his outlook on...
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Episode 8: Dr. Ann Saterbak
Our conversation with Dr. Ann Saterbak, Professor of the Practice in the Biomedical Engineering Department. Tune in to hear her speak about her path to becoming a professor, how she first got involved in engineering education, and what she's striving to do to continue pushing the boundaries of...
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Episode 7: Dr. Mark Palmeri
Our conversation with Dr. Mark Palmeri, Professor of the Practice in Biomedical Engineering. Tune in to hear the wide range of projects he's worked on, from translating an ultrasound technology into the industry to developing new, innovative courses for undergrads.
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Episode 6: Matt Brown
Our conversation with the one and only Matt Brown, Senior Laboratory Administrator for Duke Biomedical Engineering. Matt discusses his experiences working in design labs and his journey to Duke, what he loves about his job, and his advice for new engineers.
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Episode 5: Dr. Missy Cummings
Our conversation with Dr. Missy Cummings, Director of Duke's Humans and Autonomy Lab and Duke Robotics. She talks about her experiences serving as one of the U.S. Navy's first female fighter pilots, and how her experiences witnessing the tragedy that resulted from the failure of autonomous…
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Episode 4: Dr. Kathryn Nightingale
Our conversation with Dr. Nightingale, Theo Pilkington Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Nightingale speaks about her experiences that led her to starting her own lab and become a world leader in ultrasonic elastography (including playing on the Duke basketball team and…
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Episode 3: Dr. Marc Sommer
Our conversation with Dr. Marc Sommer, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Neurobiology, and Psychology and Neuroscience. He speaks about how he balances his research in neural engineering with his role as Director of Undergraduate Studies in the BME department.
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Episode 2: Anna Knight
Our conversation with Anna Knight, PhD student in Dr. Kathryn Nightingale's lab in the BME Department at Duke University. Anna tell us about her time as an undergraduate at Duke, how campus has changed since then, and about the lessons she has learned as a graduate student.
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Episode 1: Dr. Craig Henriquez
Our conversation with Dr. Craig Henriquez, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and former chair of the BME Department at Duke. Dr. Henriquez is a skilled researcher and educator and an avid fan of Duke basketball.
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Intro Episode
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
STEM podcast for prospective and current STEM students providing insight into the lives and careers of professors and graduate students. Becky and Rohin are recent alumni of Duke University's Biomedical Engineering Department.Music Credits: Michelle Dantzler & Courtney Dantzler
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Becky Arbiv, Rohin Maganti
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