Paul Davies: podcast appearances and interviews

Paul Charles William Davies, born on 22 April 1946, is an English physicist, writer, and broadcaster. He is a Regents' Professor of Physics and the Director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University. Davies has held academic appointments at several institutions, including the University of Cambridge, University College London, King's College London, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, University of Adelaide, and Macquarie University. His research interests encompass cosmology, quantum field theory, and astrobiology. In addition to his faculty role, Davies is affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Studies at Chapman University in California. He took on the chair of the SETI Post-Detection Science and Technology Taskgroup of the International Academy of Astronautics in 2005 and serves on the Advisory Council of METI, which focuses on Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Davies has also contributed to scientific literature, notably co-authoring a 2011 article in Science about a bacterium that can utilize arsenic instead of phosphorus, although this work was later retracted.