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The Knowledge Archives
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We're a team of students trying to gain unique insights by learning about as many different disciplines as possible! We're interviewing experts in many different industries to understand their perspectives.
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#69 Animal Imagination: a Stepping Stone to Ethics - David Peña-Guzmán | San Fransisco State University
Dr. David Peña-Guzmán is an Associate Professor of Humanities at San Fransisco State University in the US. He researches the hidden world of intellect in animals, especially exploring the ethical implications this brings. Today, he explains the latest discoveries in this field and their...
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#68 Cyberbiosecurity: Novel Risks in a Connected World - Feras Batarseh | Virginia Tech
Dr. Feras Batarseh is an Associate Professor of Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. He researches the safety of AI applications, especially in fields like agricultural and drinking water production. Today, he explains the need to consider formerly different types of risks together.…
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#67 - 'Viral' Vaccines for Bat Viruses - Megan Griffiths | University of Glasgow
Megan Griffiths is a PhD student at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. She researches an innovative tool for public health: self-spreading vaccines in wildlife. Today, she explains the history of vaccinating wildlife and how self-spreading vaccines work. To learn more about Megan's work…
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#66 Ethnobotany: World's Coolest Job - Josh Kellogg | Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Josh Kellog is an assistant professor at the Department of Biomolecular Sciences at Pennsylvania State University in the US. He works as an ethnobotanist: working with indigenous cultures around the world to find drugs from nature. Today, he talks to us about his experiences on the ground and...
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#65 From Soldiers to Cells: EVERYTHING That Affects Your Health - Patricia Huston | University of Ottawa
Dr. Patricia Huston is an interdisciplinary scientist exploring public health, cellular biology, and our culture. She studies how all these influence healthy behaviours like being physically active. Today, we have an INCREDIBLY insightful conversation on the many layers of factors that affect…
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# 64 Reverse Psychology - Polymeros Chrysochou | Aarhus University
Dr. Polymeros Chrysochou is a professor of marketing and consumer studies at Aarhus University in Denmark. He studies how to persuade consumers to adopt healthy behaviours. Today, we talk about how to use something called 'normative statements' to be persuasive! To learn more about Dr.…
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#63 - Dogs Diagnosing Diseases - Clara Wilson | Queen's University Belfast
Clara Wilson is an animal psychologist at Queen's University Belfast in the UK. She studies how dogs can help humans with medical conditions. Today, we talk about how dogs' powerful sense of smell can be used to diagnose diseases like cancer, COVID-19, seizures, and more! To learn more about...
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#62 Meat Troubles: Changing Diets for a Better Planet - Chris Bryant | University of Bath
Dr. Chris Bryant is a psychologist at the University of Bath in the UK. He studies how to get people to reduce animal product consumption. Today, we talk about the problem behind meat consumption, some solutions to change consumer's meat purchases, and what's next in this field! To learn more…
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#61 Fungal Infections: Neglected and Growing - Marcio Rodrigues | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Dr. Marcio Rodrigues is a Senior researcher at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil. He has decades of experience studying the growing concerns about fungal diseases. Today, we talk about why fungal diseases are neglected, challenging to cure, and growing in size. To learn more about Dr....
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#60 Ewaste: Messy Across the Whole Periodic Table - Kees Baldé | United Nations University
Dr. Kees Baldé is a Senior Programme Officer at the Sustainable Cycles Initiative at the United Nations University. Dr. Baldé has been monitoring the growing issue of global ewaste for almost a decade. Today, we talk about why our solutions to ewaste are inadequate and the global mess it creates....
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#59 A New Lens on Happiness - Joel McGuire | Happier Lives Institute
Joel McGuire is a research analyst at the Happier Lives Institute. The Happier Lives Institute is a think tank studying how to measure and increase happiness. Today, Joel discusses their new research on which evidence is best suited to measure happiness. And how charities can use that to help...
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#58 The Global War Against Antibiotic Resistance - Christine Aardal | Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Dr. Christine Aardal is a Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Dr. Aardal studies antimicrobial resistance, which is when the drugs we use to treat bacterial infections become ineffective. Today, she specifically explains how these drugs are developed and the economics…
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#57 A Bronze Age Mystery: When Nomads Conquered Europe - Volker Heyd | University of Helsinki
Dr. Volker Heyd is a Professor of Achaeology at the University of Helsinki in Finland. He studies past cultures in the bronze age using tools from genetics, archaelogy, and anthropology. In this interview, we talk about the Yamnaya people of Eurasia and the complexity of understanding how they...
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#56 Mindfulness: A Journey Throughout Time - Michaela Pascoe | Victoria University
Dr. Michaela Pascoe is a Senior Research Fellow of Health and Sport at Victoria University in Australia. She studies the health benefits of wellness practices like meditation. In this interview, we talk about the science behind meditation, how to meditate consistently, and the long history of…
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#55 An Inventor's Tale: The History of Electricity - Kerry Vaughan | Leverage Research
Kerry Vaughan is a Program Manager of Early Science at Leverage Research. He studies the history of how we developed electricity. Specifically, he analyses what makes some scientific inventions succeed and others fail. To learn more about his work, please visit: https://leverageresearch.org. Or…
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#54 Saving Banks from Failure… with Math - Christian Diem | Complexity Science Hub Vienna
Christian Diem is a PhD Candidate at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, Austria. His work studies risk modelling in the financial sector. Specifically, he models how banks do business with each other to minimise the risk of banks failing. To learn more about his work, please visit...
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#53 Economic Modelling During COVID-19 - Maria del Rio-Chanona | Complexity Science Hub Vienna
Dr. Maria del Rio-Chanona is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, Austria. Her work studies data-driven modelling in economics. Specifically, she has modelled how the UK's industries react to the shock of COVID-19 and how this influences the UK economy as a whole. To…
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#52 Tracking the Spread of the Persian Empire - Rhyne King
Dr. Rhyne King is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the New York University in the US. His work studies the history of the Achaemenid (or Persian) Empire using archaeological remains. Specifically, he has studied the economic system and taxation of the Persian Empire. To learn more about the Dr....
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#51 Archaeological Science: Precisely Probing the Past
Dr. Moujan Matin is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Toronto in Canada. Her work studies the history of ceramic-making in the Islamic world. Specifically, she uses scientific techniques to analyse how this crafting process…
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#50 Uncovering Hidden Gems: Silver Mining in Colonial Peru - Sarah Kennedy | The Knowledge Archives
Sarah Kennedy is a PhD. Candidate in Archaeology at the University of Pittsburgh in the US. Her work focuses on the history of colonial Peru under Spanish rule. Specifically, she studies the history of indigenous workers at silver mines during this time period. To learn more about her work…
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#49 Connecting the Dots with Supply Chains - Benjamin Goldstein | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Benjamin Goldstein is an Assistant Professor of Bioresource Engineering at McGill University in Canada. His work focuses on tracking the supply chains of corporations. Specifically, he's developed a new methodology to analyse the sustainability of corporations, working on case studies like...
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#48 Everyday Energy and Development Economics - Gunther Bensch | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Gunther Bensch is a Researcher at the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economics Research in Germany. His work focuses on development economics, specifically regarding energy use. He especially analyses issues like spreading improved cooking technology and lighting in countries like Senegal. To…
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#47 Soil Ecology: A Hidden World Beneath Our Feet - Mac Callaham | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Mac Callaham is a research ecologist at the U.S. Forest Service in the Department of Agriculture. His work studies soil ecology with a focus on the organisms that live within soils. Specifically, he's researched how soils play a role in restoring the health of ecosystems, especially after...
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#46 Vertical Farming: Building Up to the Future - Dafni Avgoustaki | The Knowledge Archives
Dafni Avgoustaki is a PhD Student at the Aarhus University in Denmark. Her work studies the optimisation of vertical farming for businesses to implement. Specifically, she's researched how to decrease energy and lighting costs for vertical farms, as well as starting her own company to find...
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#45 Connecting the Dots with Mathematical Epidemiology - Mike Irvine | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Mike Irvine is the Biostatistical Lead at the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute in Canada. His work uses mathematical models to help prepare public health responses to disease. Specifically, he's researched the effects of interventions on infectious diseases and opioid overdoses. To...
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#44 Fluid Mechanics: Exploring the Oceans with Math - Francis Poulin | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Francis Poulin is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo in Canada. His research studies oceanic processes like currents and vortices, especially in regards to their effects on marine ecology and climate. Specifically, he uses mathematical and computational models to...
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#43 Solar Geoengineering: Technology for an Interconnected Future - Jesse Reynolds
Dr. Jesse Reynolds is an Emmett/Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law in the US. His research studies the regulation of future technologies to achieve environmental sustainability, including solar geoengineering. To learn more about his work, please see his blog...
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#42 Evolutionary Contingency: Does History Repeat Itself? - Zachary Blount | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Zack Blount is a Research Assistant Professor at the Michigan State University in the US. His research focuses on studying evolutionary contingency - that evolution is influenced by random events. Specifically, he works on one of the longest-running evolution experiments studying how E. coli...
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#41 Time Series Analysis: A Problem with Many Faces - Nishant Malik | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Nishant Malik is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the US. His research focuses on problems in applied mathematics, especially regarding complex systems like the climate. Specifically, he shares his recent work on analysing time series of past...
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#40 Plant Cryopreservation: Seriously Cool Biology - Manuela Nagel | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Manuela Nagel is the Head of Cryo and Stress Biology at The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research in Germany. Her research focuses on plant cryopreservation - a process to store genetic materials from plants for decades. Specifically, her work involves preserving...
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#39 Droughts from a Global Perspective - Niko Wanders | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Niko Wanders is an Associate Professor of Hydrology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. His work studies the effects of drought in various regions around the world, from Sub-Saharan Africa to Europe. In particular, he uses computational models to study droughts. To learn more about his...
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#38 Quantum Field Theory: From the Math to the Lasers - Christian Schubert | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Christian Schubert has a MSc in Mathematics (University of Regensburg), PhD in Physics (Technical University Munich), Habilitation in Theoretical Physics (Humboldt University Berlin), and is presently Full Professor of Physics at the State University of Michocan in Morelia, Mexico. His work...
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#37 Developing Countries, Climate Change, and Food Security - Pedram Rowhani | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Pedram Rowhani is a Senior Lecturer in Geography and International Development at the University of Sussex in the UK. His work studies the impacts of climate change on food security, especially in developing regions like Kenya and Tasmania. To learn more about his work, please visit:...
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#36 The Future of Engineering: Applied Science in a Changing Climate - Monica Emelko | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Monica Emelko is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Water Science, Technology & Policy at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Her work studies the interconnected impacts of forest wildfires on water reserves. Specifically, she analyses how this affects drinking water, having been among...
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#35 Behavioural Economics: Guiding Energy Sustainability - Nives Della Valle | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Nives Della Valle is a Scientific Project Officer at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Ispra, Italy. Her work studies behavioural economics to guide government policies on energy sustainability. As an example, she has studied how people make decisions around adopting...
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#34 Climate Change and Human Adaptation - Roman Hoffmann | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Roman Hoffmann is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. His work studies the response of human populations to climate change. In particular, he has studied patterns of climate migration, as well as the role of education in helping prepare…
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#33 AR/VR Simulations and Fire Safety - Rino Lovreglio | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Rino Lovreglio is Senior Lecturer in Digital Construction and Fire Engineering at the University of Massey in New Zealand. His work focuses on studying fire safety in evacuations, studying people's behaviour in these situations using tools like virtual and augmented reality. To learn more…
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#32 Entrepreneurship: An Uncertain Venture - Yuval Engel | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Yuval Engel is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. His work focuses on the study of uncertainty, especially in contexts like entrepreneurship. In particular, he has analysed entrepreneurs' responses to uncertainty in decision-making…
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#31 Extremophiles: Life from Oceans to Space - Jane Irwin | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Jane Irwin is a Lecturer in Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry at the Dublin University College in Ireland. Her research focuses on the study of biochemistry in microbiology, examining questions like the role of different biological enzymes and compounds. This has led her to learn about…
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#30 Business Hubs and Network Science - Daniel Schepis | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Daniel Schepis is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Western Australia. His research focuses on the study of business networks and network science, especially in regards to business innovation and sustainable markets. To learn more about his work, please visit:...
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#29 Economics and Technological Change in Insurance - Ben Handel | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Ben Handel is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California Berkeley. His research focuses on the study of industrial economics in healthcare, especially when it comes to analysing policies and behavioural outcomes in the insurance market. To learn more about Dr.…
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#28 The Facts Behind Weather & Climate Modelling - Theodore Giannaros | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Theodore Giannaros is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Observatory of Athens in Greece. His work centres around the development of computational models to predict the weather and climate. He especially focuses on studying extreme meteorological events like urban heat islands, extreme...
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#27 Hydroinformatics: Intersecting Physics and AI - Gerald Corzo | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Gerald Corzo is Associate Professor of Hydroinformatics at the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands. His research focuses on the intersection of machine learning and hydrological science, creating models to study extreme weather events like droughts, landslides, etc. To...
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#26 Restoration Ecology: Literally Saving the World - Charlotte Reemts | The Knowledge Archives
Charlotte Reemts is an Ecologist and Science Project Director at The Nature Conservancy, a global conservation nonprofit. Her work involves on-the-ground activities in managing invasive species and fire risk in the ecosystems of Texas. On top of this, she also conducts research in restoration...
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#25 Psychosis: Beyond the Myths - Laura Adery | The Knowledge Archives
Laura Adery, Ph.D. is a Clinical Instructor and Postdoctoral Scholar with the Center for Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States (CAPPS) in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry. She has worked with individuals with developmental disabilities in both research and clinical settings with special...
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#24 - Ecological Economics for Sustainability - Michael Getzner | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Michael Getzner is the Head of the Institute of Spatial Planning at the Vienna University of Technology in Austria. His research focuses on the field of ecological economics, where economic tools are applied to problems like ecological conservation. To learn more about Dr. Getzner's work,...
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#23 Sexual Health: Breaking the Stigma - Caroline Pukall | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Caroline Pukall is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Director of the Sex and Relationship Therapy Service at the Psychology Clinic at Queen’s University. Caroline’s research lab—the Sexual Health Research Laboratory—conducts inclusive research projects examining various...
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#22 Game Theory & Analysing Cooperative Behaviour - Alexander Smith | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Alexander Smith is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the US. His research focuses on studying prosocial behaviour like cooperation with tools like game theory and experimental economics. He's especially interested in studying the factors that lead...
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#21 From Evolutionary Rituals to Children's Education - Mark Nielsen | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Mark Nielsen is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland in Australia. His research focuses on the socio-cognitive development of children, especially through the lens of evolutionary psychology and the influences of ritual and culture on children. To learn more...
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#20 Understanding Our Pasts To Predict Our Futures - Signy Sheldon | The Knowledge Archives
Dr. Signy Sheldon is a cognitive neuroscientist and assistant professor in psychology at McGill University in Montreal. Her research mainly focuses on discovering how and why we remember events and episodes with behavioural and neuroimaging experiments. She was recognized as a “Rising Star” for...
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