Pratidhvani - Humanizing Science

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Vivek is a Chemist and Professor at TIFR-Bombay : https://www.nanocat.co.in/prof-vivek-polshettiwar.htmlVivek’s research focuses on advanced nanomaterials,nanocatalysis, and climate change. He envisions developing next-generationcatalysts by controlling the shape and morphology of nanomaterials to optimizeactive site exposure. His team synthesizes nano-materials like metals, metaloxides, silica, titania, and plasmonic metals with tailored shapes for use asnano-catalysts in combating climate change. The ultimate goal is to advancecatalysis research by creating non-precious metal-based nanocatalysts.His group is dedicated to designing novel nanomaterialcatalysts that address climate change challenges effectively.In this episode, we explored his intellectual journey andlearn what catalyzes him to do what he does.Watch/Listen as we humanize science.References: [1]“Prof. Vivek Polshettiwar,” Nanocatalysis Laboratories.Accessed: Feb. 11, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.nanocat.co.in/prof-vivek-polshettiwar.html[2]“‪Vivek Polshettiwar - ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed: Feb.11, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=mNJfGlQAAAAJ&hl=en[3]“Vivek Polshettiwar,” Wikipedia. Jan. 30, 2025.Accessed: Feb. 11, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vivek_Polshettiwar&oldid=1272756442[4]“Vivek Polshettiwar (@VPolshettiwar) / X,” X (formerlyTwitter). Accessed: Feb. 11, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://x.com/vpolshettiwar[5]“Prof. Vivek Polshettiwar | LinkedIn.” Accessed: Feb. 11,2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-vivek-polshettiwar-40a5837/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=in[6]A. Maity, S. Chaudhari, J. J. Titman, and V.Polshettiwar, “Catalytic nanosponges of acidic aluminosilicates for plasticdegradation and CO2 to fuel conversion,” Nat Commun, vol. 11, p. 3828,Jul. 2020, doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17711-6.[7]M. Dhiman et al., “Plasmonic colloidosomes ofblack gold for solar energy harvesting and hotspots directed catalysis for CO2to fuel conversion †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available:Detailed experimental surface area data, low magnification STEM images, PXRD,details of thermal efficiency and Raman thermometry calculations, catalysisselectivity data and tomography videos. See DOI: 10.1039/c9sc02369k,” ChemSci, vol. 10, no. 27, pp. 6594–6603, Jul. 2019, doi: 10.1039/c9sc02369k.[8]A. Maity, R. Belgamwar, and V. Polshettiwar, “Facilesynthesis to tune size, textural properties and fiber density of dendriticfibrous nanosilica for applications in catalysis and CO2 capture,” NatProtoc, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 2177–2204, Jul. 2019, doi: 10.1038/s41596-019-0177-z.[9]V. Polshettiwar, “Dendritic Fibrous Nanosilica:Discovery, Synthesis, Formation Mechanism, Catalysis, and CO2Capture–Conversion,” Acc. Chem. Res., vol. 55, no. 10, pp. 1395–1410,May 2022, doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00031.

Samrat is a Professor of Chemistry & Biology at IISERMohali:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aZsg5Yio8f1yJjSCJLQSCVbK4B6XqFpp/viewIn this episode, we discuss his passion for science,recalling dreams of attending the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangaloreand how he became a scientist. After earning a Ph.D. from IISc and postdoctoral work at The Scripps Research Institute, he became a Professor of biology and Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER) Mohali. Join us as we explore his journey and his lab'scutting-edge research.Watch/listen as we humanize science.References:1.      “Samrat Mukhopadhyay.” Accessed February 6,2025.https://sites.google.com/site/samratmukhopadhyayiiser/.2.      “‪Samrat Mukhopadhyay - ‪Google Scholar.”Accessed February 6, 2025.https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=GRAfg_wAAAAJ&hl=en.3.      “The Mukhopadhyay Lab.” Accessed February 6,2025.https://www.mukhopadhyaylab.org/.4.      X (formerly Twitter). “Samrat Mukhopadhyay(@SamratLabMohali) / X,” October 25, 2024.https://x.com/samratlabmohali.5.      YouTube. “Samrat Mukhopadhyay.” AccessedFebruary 6, 2025.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQicQPh5-CTjAowl0O4EQyg.

Karishma Kaushik is a medical doctor with a PhD in microbiology, led an independent lab at university & now heads IndiaBioscience as Executive Director: https://indiabioscience.org/authors/qw8pNKgnooLdJRA In this episode, we explored her intellectual journey through MD-PhD, motherhood, as a head of a research lab and now as a science leader who is passionate about science and its interface with society. What drives her to do all this? Watch/listen as we humanize science! References: 1.       IndiaBioscience. “Karishma Kaushik,” February 5, 2024. https://indiabioscience.org/authors/qw8pNKgnooLdJRA. 2.       X (formerly Twitter). “Karishma Kaushik, MBBS, MD, PhD, Mom (@_KarishmaK) / X,” January 22, 2025. https://x.com/_karishmak. 3.       “Human-Relevant Infection Biology Group.” Accessed January 22, 2025. https://www.karishmakaushiklab.com/. 4.       Global Young Academy. “Karishma Kaushik.” Accessed January 22, 2025. https://globalyoungacademy.net/kkaushik/. 5.       “Karishma Kaushik | LinkedIn.” Accessed January 22, 2025. https://www.linkedin.com/in/karishma-kaushik-45572927a/. 6.       “‪Karishma S Kaushik - ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed January 22, 2025. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fN1MEdsAAAAJ&hl=en. 7.       WomenLift Health. “Karishma Kaushik.” Accessed January 22, 2025. https://www.womenlifthealth.org/profile/karishma-kaushik/.

Siddharth is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay and a start-up cofounder. In this episode, we explore his intellectual journey across India and the US & learn how and why he does what he does. Siddharth’s lab webpage:https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~stallur/team/. Siddharth’s start-up: https://nirixense.com/ In this episode, we explore his intellectual journey so far.   References: 1.      “CY-PHY | AIMS Labs – CYber PHYsical Systems & Applied Integrated Micro Systems Labs.” Accessed January 11, 2025. https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~stallur/index.php/. 2.      EE IIT Bombay. “Siddharth Tallur.” Accessed January 11, 2025. https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/web/people/siddharth-tallur/. 3.      “Team – CY-PHY | AIMS Labs.” Accessed January 11, 2025. https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~stallur/team/. 4.      “(7) Siddharth Tallur | LinkedIn.” Accessed January 11, 2025. https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthtallur/. 5.      “Home - Nirixense.Com.” Accessed January 11, 2025. https://nirixense.com/. 6.      “‪Siddharth Tallur - ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed January 11, 2025. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xso-MxYAAAAJ&hl=en.

Sangeeta is a materials physicist, Professor and Dean at Defence Institute of Advanced Technology(DIAT) Pune: https://snkalelab.wixsite.com/snkalelab (DIAT is a University supported by the Ministry of Defence, India)   She is also the Co-Director and Founder of Navyukti Innovations Private Limited, a start-up company working on Sensor Development and Healthcare Solutions.   In this episode, we explore her intellectual journey so far. Relevant links: 1.       Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=BMoKpTQAAAAJ&hl=en  2.       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sangeeta-kale-69046720b/ 3.       Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5842-0310?lang=en 4.       Company Website:  https://www.navyuktiinnovations.com/ 5.       Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sangeeta.kale.3 6.       Blog: https://sangeetakale.wordpress.com/ 7.       Research Lab Website:  https://snkalelab.wixsite.com/snkalelab

I address the important question of why we need books with examples. I discuss the benefits of reading a physical book. #books #reading #science #nonfiction and #fiction

Ayan is an experimental optical physicist and a Professor at IISER Kolkata: https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~ayan/group_leader.html. He is also a playwriter, theatre actor and a mentor to many science and arts enthusiasts. What drives him to do all these things? We discuss this, and many other things in this episode. References: 1.       “Group Leader | Light-Matter Lab.” Accessed December 2, 2024. https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~ayan/group_leader.html. 2.       “IISER Kolkata - Ayan.” Accessed December 2, 2024. https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/web/en/people/faculty/dps/ayan/. 3.       “Ayan Banerjee - Professor - Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Kolkata | LinkedIn.” Accessed December 2, 2024. https://in.linkedin.com/in/ayan-banerjee-3034208. 4.       Department of Physical Sciences (DPS), IISER Kolkata, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgv7iODxYTY. 5.       “Department of Physical Sciences : Home.” Accessed December 2, 2024. https://physics.iiserkol.ac.in/. 6.       Ayan Banerjee. Accessed December 2, 2024. https://www.facebook.com/ayan.banerjee.5895. 7.       “‪Ayan Banerjee - ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed December 2, 2024. https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=GQo7yG4AAAAJ&hl=en. 8.       Gupta, Subhasish Dutta, Nirmalya Ghosh, and Ayan Banerjee. Wave Optics: Basic Concepts and Contemporary Trends. CRC Press, 2015. 9.       Haldar, Arijit, Sambit Bikas Pal, Basudev Roy, S. Dutta Gupta, and Ayan Banerjee. “Self-Assembly of Microparticles in Stable Ring Structures in an Optical Trap.” Physical Review A 85, no. 3 (March 27, 2012): 033832. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.85.033832. 10.   “Indian Institute of Science.” Accessed December 2, 2024. https://iisc.ac.in/events/remembering-prof-vasant-natarajan-1965-2021/. 11.   “LML.” Accessed December 2, 2024. https://sites.google.com/iiserkol.ac.in/light-matter-lab-iiserk/. 12.   “LML - Physics of Micro-Bubbles.” Accessed December 2, 2024. https://sites.google.com/iiserkol.ac.in/light-matter-lab-iiserk/research/physics-of-micro-bubbles. 13.   Network, N. F. N. “Theatre At IISER-K Against Misinterpretation of Science And Superstition,” January 17, 2019. https://newsfromnadia.in/theatre-at-iiser-k-against-misinterpretation-of-science-and-superstition/. 14.   “Self-Assembly of Mesoscopic Materials To Form Controlled and Continuous Patterns by Thermo-Optically Manipulated Laser Induced Microbubbles | Langmuir.” Accessed December 2, 2024. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/la402777e. 15.   X (formerly Twitter). “Ayan Banerjee (@ayanban7) / X,” November 26, 2024. https://x.com/ayanban7.

Bhaskaran is an Electrical Engineer & a Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay: https://cnqt-group.org/?page_id=25 He is a quantum transport theorist, musician and long-distance runner. We explore his intellectual, musical and running journey. Also, don’t miss a segment on Bhaskaran playing the piano. References: 1.     “Bhaskaran Muralidharan [Department of Electrical Engineering IIT Bombay].” Accessed November 26, 2024. https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/wiki/faculty/bm. 2.     “‪Bhaskaran Muralidharan - ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed November 26, 2024. https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=PWFVEKIAAAAJ&hl=en. 3.     “Group Members – CNQT @ IIT Bombay.” Accessed November 26, 2024. https://cnqt-group.org/?page_id=25. 4.     Muralidharan, B., A. W. Ghosh, and S. Datta. “Probing Electronic Excitations in Molecular Conduction.” Physical Review B 73, no. 15 (April 10, 2006): 155410. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.73.155410. 5.     Prof. Bhaskaran Muralidharan || Electrical Engineering || EESA IIT Bombay, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8fFdb3-NRQ.

Aninda Sinha is a theoretical physicist and a professor at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru: https://chep.iisc.ac.in/Personnel/asinha.html   He works at the interface of quantum field theory, superstrings and mathematical physics. In this episode, we explore his intellectual journey and discuss his recent work that led to a new series on pi generalizing Madava’s series.   References: 1.       “Aninda Sinha.” In Wikipedia, June 8, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aninda_Sinha&oldid=1227837004. 2.       “‪Aninda Sinha - ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed November 15, 2024. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-aNKuhIAAAAJ&hl=en. 3.       “Asinha » Page 1 of 3.” Accessed November 15, 2024. https://chep.iisc.ac.in/Personnel/asinha.html. 4.       Saha, Arnab Priya, and Sinha, Aninda. “Field Theory Expansions of String Theory Amplitudes.” Physical Review Letters 132, no. 22 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.221601. 5.       Ananthanarayan, B, and Aninda Sinha. “Bootstrapping Quantum Field Theory: Past, Present and Future.” CURRENT SCIENCE 126, no. 8 (2024). 6.       Bischoff, Manon. “String Theorists Accidentally Find a New Formula for Pi.” Scientific American. Accessed November 19, 2024. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/string-theorists-accidentally-find-a-new-formula-for-pi/. 7.       From Euler to Veneziano and Back by Aninda Sinha. Accessed November 15, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtKmoXW8Jmg. 8.       “Michael Green.” Accessed November 19, 2024. https://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/mbg15/. 9.       “Michael Green (Physicist).” In Wikipedia, November 12, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Green_(physicist)&oldid=1256888698. 10.   Stringing Madhava’s Pi: Aquantum Field Theory Perspective | Talk by Aninda Sinha. Accessed November 15, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn_XUxmWlX8. 11.   “Thursday Colloquium | Raman Research Institute.” Accessed November 19, 2024. https://www.rri.res.in/events/stringing-madhavas-pi-quantum-field-theory-perspective.

Chaitra is a political scientist, Associate Professor & Chair of Humanities at IISER Pune - https://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/humanities-and-social-sciences/people/faculty/regular-faculty/chaitra-redkar/326 She explores modern Indian political thought through the lens of philosophy and history. In this episode, we discuss her intellectual journey in capturing an interesting trinity. References: 1.       “Chaitra Redkar - IISER Pune.” Accessed November 8, 2024. https://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/humanities-and-social-sciences/people/faculty/regular-faculty/chaitra-redkar/326. 2.       Redkar, Chaitra. Gandhian Engagement with Capital. First Edition. New Dehli: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2019. 3.       X (formerly Twitter). “Chaitra Redkar (@R_Chaitra) / X,” April 9, 2023. https://x.com/r_chaitra. 4.       “Amazon.In.” Accessed November 8, 2024. https://www.amazon.in/Books-Chaitra-Redkar/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3AChaitra+Redkar. 5.       “Chaitra (@my_historical_horizon) • Instagram Photos and Videos.” Accessed November 12, 2024. https://www.instagram.com/my_historical_horizon/.