As fascinating as physics can be, it can also seem very abstract, but behind each experiment and discovery stands a real person trying to understand the universe. Join us at the Cavendish Laboratory on the first Thursday of every month as we get up close and personal with the researchers, technicians, students, teachers, and people that are the beating heart of Cambridge University’s Physics department. Each episode also covers the most exciting and up-to-date physics news coming out of our labs. If you want to know what goes on behind the doors of a Physics department, are curious to know how people get into physics, or simply wonder what physicists think and dream about, listen in! Join us on Twitter @DeptofPhysics using the hashtag #PeopleDoingPhysics.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 17 hours 51 minutes
episode 8: Diana Fusco
Our guest this month is Dr Diana Fusco, lecturer in biological physics at the Cavendish Laboratory. During the episode, we talk about her interdisciplinary and curiosity-driven career in Biological physics, her different approach towards science and her group’s research in bacterial biofilms and the coevolution between bacteria and viruses.
episode 7: Melanie Tribble
Our guest this month is Melanie Tribble, the Cleanroom Manager for the Cavendish Laboratory. During the episode, we talk about her enthusiasm for Physics, her early career, finding a position in the cleanrooms at Cambridge and what keeps her going in her current role as the Cleanroom Manager.
episode 6: Joanna Piotrowska
Our guest this month is Joanna Piotrowska, a PhD student looking at galaxy formation and evolution in the group of Prof. Roberto Maiolino. During the episode, we talk about her early physics journey, making a choice between arts and physics, her time at the Cavendish and research in Astrophysics, and her dream of becoming an astronaut.
episode 5: Stuart MacPherson
This month, our guest is Stuart Macpherson, post-doctoral researcher in experimental opto-electronics at the Department of Physics. During the episode, we talk about Stuart’s early physics journey, his research at the Cavendish and his non-profit organisation Sustain/Ed and its initiatives - like The Primary School Energy Mapping Challenge - aimed at primary schools in the UK to raise awareness of sustainable activity and climate action.
episode 4: Tom Sharp
This month our guest is Tom Sharp, group technician for the Optoelectronics research group at the Cavendish Laboratory. What is it like to walk in a grandfather’s shadow, and to play a crucial part in setting up the experiments that lead to ground-breaking discoveries? Stay tuned as we ask Tom all about this and more…
episode 3: Suchitra Sebastian and Logan Dandridge
We’re welcoming two guests this month, professor of physics Suchitra Sebastian, also director of Cavendish Arts Science, and American artist and first Cavendish Arts Science fellow Logan Dandridge. With Logan and Suchitra, we talk about personal awakenings, taking detours, messing around to find out things by chance, and seeking out intersections between worlds that don’t necessarily collide.
episode 2: Tina Potter
Our guest this month is TINA POTTER, Professor of High Energy Physics at the Cavendish and expert in the particle physics Beyond the Standard Model. Together we talk about answering the big, fundamental questions about our universe and forging her own path in science.
episode 1: Louise Hirst
Our guest this month is LOUISE HIRST, Assistant Professor of Physics, and specialist of the development of advanced, high efficiency photovoltaics for space applications like powering satellites and exploring space. We talk with her about her journey into physics and what it takes to be a woman in science.
Introducing People doing Physics
First episode launching on 3rd February 2022. People Doing Physics is a new podcast from the Cavendish Laboratory (at the University of Cambridge) exploring the personal side of physics. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.