Facetime with Scientists

In this episode of Facetime with Scientists, I interview Dr. Alexandra Noel, an inhalation toxicologist at LSU’s vet school. Dr. Noel studies how inhaled pollutants—air pollution, wildfire smoke, cigarette smoke, vaping...

Haley Glasmann is an acoustician. If it sounds a bit like a superhero label, well, maybe it is. Haley is a PhD student studying the power of sound to "see" to the darkest depths of the ocean! She recently joined...

Reres Fota is a theoretical physicist who also goes by another name: Professor Diva! The Diva was born when Reres started combining his two loves, in the classroom and on social media: physics and heels dancing! Reres...

Taylor Hailstock recently defended her PhD at Emory. Her study organism? The fruit fly! Her study target? Microcephaly and brain development! You'd be amazed what we can learn about human diseases from studying the...

For Zee, turning the body's own immune system into a more efficient killer of cancer cells isn't science fiction; it's what she works on daily! Zainab Hakeem is a PhD candidate in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology...

Caterra Leavens in a cell and molecular biologist who is studying type 1 diabetes. Specifically, she is creating gene-edited insulin-producing beta cells from stem cells in the lab. One day, these cells may be...

Nuri Smith is a researcher working to better understand ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease)... by growing tiny spinal cords in a dish! By studying balls of neurons, motor neurons, and...

Jane Waters leads the ant lab at Providence College. Her lab studies ants and other insects, exploring their natural history, collective behavior, and metabolic physiology. It turns out that ants can teach us a lot...

Emma has always dreamed of designing rockets. What she didn't expect was that she wouldn't design their shape, but the materials they are made of (and the materials they will take on their missions to the Moon and...

Manuela Guzmán, is a visual Artist and illustrator born in Bogotá, Colombia. She recently completed her MFA program of the Rhode Island School of Design. Her subject of choice? Insects!Manuela is fascinated by all the...

Stephanie Morphet is a biomedical scientist turned circus artist and hair hanger. She studied tuberculosis in the lab, working to develop point-of-care diagnostic tools, before deciding to pursue a full-time circus...

Malaika Mahmood is an expert on pain. She studies not just how pain is registered by our nerves at the site of injury, but how it is processed in the brain. Pain perception is complex and involves multiple brain regions...

<p>Cassandra is a research associate at Seattle Children’s Center for Global Infectious Disease Research. She's been known to dissect hundreds of mosquito salivary glands in a day to isolate malaria parasites in the...

<p>Isabelle Neylan studies copepods - think the little green Plankton from SpongeBob! - and how they deal with stressors like excessive heat in the splash pools where they live. Understanding the mechanisms of stress...

<p>Shelby Prindaville is an interdisciplinary artist who works across painting, drawing, mixed media, ceramics, sculpture, and installation to create artwork depicting animals, plants, and ecosystems within a...