Bringing Chemistry to Life

The last element – signing off with gratitude

According to the second law of thermodynamics, the entropy of a system will always increase. For a layperson, this means that all things must come to pass and nothing las

Plastic electronics, digitized materials, and other sustainable solutions

Join us for this look into materials chemistry, developed under the guiding principles of sustainability and a systems approach. Dr. Zlatka Stoeva, Co-founder and Managi

The rise and adoption of biocatalysis

Some debate that synthetic organic chemistry strategies have become stale, but Dr. Todd Hyster of Princeton University's Hyster Lab disagrees. Todd fell in love with org

The metrology aspects of PFAS

Early in her career, Dr. Jessica Reiner realized that she cared more about ensuring the accuracy of the measurements she was making than making the measurements themselve

The most interesting man in chemistry

Bioconjugation of antibodies to drugs via chemical linkers is how antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) are made. We’re joined by Matt Giese, Senior Scientist at Vector Laborat

Empowering women in the chemical industry

We're diving into an important topic: the representation of women in STEM careers. Despite making up about 50% of the population, women hold only around 34% of STEM posit

An expert-guided tour of battery chemistry

Strap in for this charged up conversation. Battery chemistry is a topic we’ve touched on before and is one we’ve committed to exploring further in this season. This conve

Mid-season reveal: new episodes on battery tech, PFAS, and sustainability coming soon

Join our host, Dr. Paolo Braiuca, as he chats with some of the most fascinating scientists around the globe doing trailblazing work in a variety of fields and industries.

The life-altering impact of one chemist’s sabbatical

Anyone that’s followed this podcast will know that Paolo’s final question to each guest is, “What advice would you like to share with younger scientists just starting the

Cross-coupling, catalysis and one chemist’s move to tech

Most of us don’t grow up across the street from a chemistry building or know from an early age that we want to be a scientist, but Alan Dyke, VP of Business Development f

Flip the script. Meet your host, Paolo.

Bringing Chemistry to Life is as much about the people behind the science as it is about the science itself. We’ve been remiss in sharing a bit more about the creator and

Shining a photochemical light on undergraduate research

With four seasons under our belt, we’ve heard some amazing stories about how our guests have found, or often “stumbled” into, their careers in science. We’ve also had man

A high-performance career in liquid chromatography

After realizing at a young age that rock and roll might be a better hobby than a career, our guest chose chemistry and chromatography as his path, and he’s rocked that ca

AI and the man catalyzing a bio-revolution

Protein biology has always been grounded in the relationship between structure and function but how we determine structure has changed dramatically. While it’s still comm

Batteries unplugged: past, present and the electrifying future

Electricity undeniably changed the world and enabled countless other technologies. Now, via storage and mobile access to electrical energy, batteries are positioned to fu

The most famous unknown — the periodic table

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C.R.E.A.M. – Chemistry rules everything around me

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The electrifying chemistry of the nitrogen cycle

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From an F in chemistry to 40 years in chemicals

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Electronics for the human body

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