The Goeppert Mayer Gauge

Episode 18: Nuclear resonance (Mössbauer) spectroscopies

We head to the very far end of the electromagnetic spectrum to tackle one of Dugan's favorite subjects, nuclear resonance spectroscopies.  No, not nuclear magnetic r

Episode 17: Astrochemistry with Prof. Nate DeYonker

Prof. Nate DeYonker from the University of Memphis takes us out of this world and into the vast expanse of space as we talk all things astrochemistry. Get ready to hear a

Episode 16: Thermal Radiation

We're finally back, and this time we're talking everything thermal! After some brief updates, we dive into blackbody radiation, Planck's law, and selective

Episode 15: Photocycloaddition

We're celebrating Dugan's recent JACS paper on copper-catalyzed photocycloaddition reactions by doing a Back 2 Basics episode on photocycloadditons that is real

Episode 14: The Stern-Gerlach Experiment

This month is more Back 2 Basics as we discuss the famous Stern-Gerlach experiment. In addition to the classic version, we contemplate thought experiments, photonic analo

Episode 13: Sit Resist

New season, new format - we broadcast in-person from a hot tub in Atlanta during the Fall 2021 ACS Meeting!  We have been planning to review "Sit Resist" by Laura Stevens

Episode 12: Fluorescence Guided Surgery with Dr. Christie Lin

In this episode, we talk about ways in which light-matter interactions are revolutionizing surgery.  We are joined by Christie Lin,  VP of Research at OnLume - a startup

Episode 11: Statistical Mechanics with Prof. Katja Lindenberg

We're unbelievably honored and excited to have the legendary Prof. Katja Lindenberg on the show to take us through her life in physics and physical chemistry. We tal

Episode 10: Perovskites and photon upconversion with Prof. Lea Nienhaus

We are joined by Prof. Lea Nienhaus from Florida State University to learn about photon upconversion with perosvkites, a strategy for increasing the efficiency of photovo

Episode 9: Transient Absorption

It's Season 2 of the Goeppert Mayer Gauge! We kick things off with an introduction to transient absorption spectroscopy and discuss what it is, why it's useful,

Episode 8: Interview with Jeamme Chia on Maria Goeppert Mayer

We talk with Jeamme Chia about her scholarly writing about Maria Goeppert Mayer's time at Sarah Lawrence College and the Manhattan project.

Episode 7: 2020 Recap

What better way to celebrate the end of 2020 than by talking about it for 80 minutes? We take a break from science talk and (mostly) leave aside the bad stuff from the ye

Episode 6: Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors

In this episode, we discuss surface plasmon resonance biosensors and their potential application to COVID testing.  A companion Jupyter notebook that allows the simulatio

Episode 5: Short Wave Infrared with Professor Justin Caram

In this episode of the Goeppert Mayer Gauge, we learn why Kanye would fund development of organinc materials that emit short wave infrared radiation (SWIR) and why Elon M

Episode 4: Terahertz

In this low-energy episode, we talk about the terahertz gap, different ways to generate and detect terahertz pulses, and why people go to the trouble anyway.  This episod

Episode 3: Polaritonic Chemistry

What does it sound like when you stick a molecule between two mirrors? Modal jazz, apparently! Jay guides Dugan through the world of polaritonic chemistry, where coupling

Episode 2: The Gordon Moore Gauge #1 (Dirty)

In this special warm-up episode, we try to figure out what exactly this podcast will be. One thing's for certain: we have a lot to say about light, and not all of it

Episode 1: X-rays

It may be our first episode, but we aren't afraid to start out with the hard stuff - hard X-rays, that is. We discuss what X-rays are, what they might sound like, an