Meet Dr. Alexander Bay, Chair of the Department of History. This history buff uses his studies on a modernizing Japan to help fight diseases today. You see, many of the challenges a modernizing nation faced are paralleled in developing nations

EP 13 - Richa Yeshvekar - Flowers, Wellness, Chai

Mar 24th, 2020 46m 33s

Meet Richa Yeshvekar, plant biologist at University of Leeds. This agricultural scientist wants to help feed people. But along the way, she stumbled upon an interesting question regarding flowers. Most living creatures have a ton of variation w

EP 12 - Dr. Carey Huh - Lazy Eye, Nihilism, Korean Food

Mar 10th, 2020 1h 39m

Meet Dr. Carey Huh, neuroscientist at UCI. She looks at the connections in the brain, and how they might explain amblyopia, also known as lazy eye. Using the latest and greatest in brain imaging, she can SEE neurons firing in REAL TIME. That’s

EP 11 - Scott Kilianski - Memory, Therapy, Peanut Butter Yogurt

Feb 25th, 2020 1h 42m

Meet Scott Kiliansky. This friendly sci-fi nerd got into neuroscience in order to live out his sci-fi nerd fantasies. He researches how memories are changed and strengthened as we sleep. It's the first step on his way to figuring out how to con

EP 10 - Kendra Walters - Microbes, Perfectionism, Cheese.

Feb 11th, 2020 1h 3m

Meet Kendra Walters, who examines the mobility of microbes. These little dudes are an important part of *cue music* the circle of liiiiiife! They eat all the dead stuff, so all the new stuff can grow! But how the heck did they get there? Well,

EP 9 - Jaclyn Beck - Microglia, Impostor's Syndrome, Ice Cream

Jan 28th, 2020 1h 12m

Meet Jaclyn Beck. She studies the aging process of microglia, which make up the brain's personal immune system defense force. While important, these cells are heavily implicated in Alzheimer's disease. Since age is the biggest risk factor for t

EP 8 - Janielle Vidal - Alzheimer's, Guts, Spaceships

Jan 14th, 2020 1h 7m

Meet Janielle Vidal. She studies the relationship of the gut microbiome, copper intake, and Alzheimer’s disease. Not only is her research about the gut, her research is also gutsy! She discusses the importance of telling the story behind data.

EP 7 - Alex Jarnot - Atmospheric Chemistry, Ninja Air Cans, Chex Mix

Dec 17th, 2019 1h 14m

Meet Alex Jarnot, a PhD student at UC Irvine, studying atmospheric chemistry. His lab has quite the pedigree, the original founder shared the Nobel Prize for discovering the cause of the hole in the ozone layer. True to the original cause, he l

EP 6 - Darby Vickers - Epistemology, Post Truth, Speculoos Cookies

Dec 3rd, 2019 1h 16m

Meet Darby Vickers, a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy UC Irvine, who studies ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of education. She's interested in exploring how people learn and how to best learn. She's also a front line figh

EP 5 - Kelli Malott - Reproductive Toxicology, Righteous Indignation, Microwave Nachos

Nov 19th, 2019 1h 14m

Meet Kelli Malott, a PhD candidate in the School of Medicine at UC Irvine, who studies reproductive toxicology. Specifically, she looks at benzo(a)pyrene and how it affects babies before they are even born! There's also plenty of righteous indi

EP 4 - Victoria Lim - Drugs, Research Slumps, Indian Curry

Nov 5th, 2019 40m 24s

Today, I'd like to introduce Victoria Lim. She is a PhD candidate and chemist at UC Irvine studying computer aided drug design, and is figuring out ways to make the billion dollar process of creating new drugs cheaper. She will also talk about

EP 3 - Janice Phung - Autism, Uncertainty, Coffee Ice Cream

Oct 22nd, 2019 52m 24s

This episode, we have Dr. Janice Phung. That's right! We got ourselves an ex-grad lifer! She's now a psychology professor at CSU San Marcos. Come listen as she discusses autism research, how martial arts can benefit children living with autism,

EP 2 - Krista Fruehauf - Polymers, Loss, Stress Not Eating

Oct 22nd, 2019 1h 14m

For this episode, we have Krista Fruehauf, a chemist at UC Irvine who researches new and interesting ways to grow polymers, and how they can be used to better deliver drugs to where it needs to go in your body. She also talks about grappling wi

EP 1 - Kellen Kartub - Nanoparticles, Marriage, Ramen

Oct 22nd, 2019 57m 56s

Welcome to the This Grad Life Podcast! On this podcast, I interview current and ex-grad students, ask about their research, and commiserate about how awful grad school can be.For our very first interview, I'd like to introduce PhD Candidate Ke

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EP 0 - This Grad Trailer

Oct 1st, 2019 3m 28s

Welcome to This Grad Life! This podcast is about cutting edge research, and the poor broken souls that make it happen. Every two weeks, I interview a graduate student, talk about their work, and discuss the hilarious smorgasbord of existentiall

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