ChemConvos

2.7 - Metalloenzymes, Parenting and International Student Experience with Dr. Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota. Chemist, mom, wife, immigrant, and a metalloenzyme lover. We discuss how she overcame challenges as an international student and young parent, turning them into opportunities to secure funding for her research group and successfully complete her studies. If you have ideas for new podcast topics or would like to be a guest on a future episode, then please reach out to us! Email us: chemconvospod@gmail.com LinkedIn: ChemConvos

2.6 - The Travelling Chemist with Andryj Borys

In this episode we are joined by Dr. Andryj Borys (@AndryjBorys on Twitter, He/Him/His), Post-Doc in Main-Group/Organometallic Chemistry with the Hevia Group at the University of Bern in Switzerland. A fan of Belgian beer, plants, and fitness, we discuss his journey to date and how he has become well-known as the Schlenk Line expert on all things air sensitive chemistry after publishing his Schlenk Line Survival Guide - link below. If you have ideas for new podcast topics or would like to be a guest on a future episode, then please reach out to us!  On Twitter: @ChemConvosPod  Or email us: chemconvospod@gmail.com Schlenk Line Survival Guide: https://schlenklinesurvivalguide.com/ [https://schlenklinesurvivalguide.com/]

2.5 - Music, Mentoring, and Metals with Stanna Dorn

In this episode we are exploring the topics of mentoring, grad school life and networking with Stanna Dorn (@stanna_dorn) who is about to finish her final year of PhD in the Brown lab at the Indiana University! Hope you will enjoy the episode!  If you have ideas for new podcast topics or would like to be a guest on a future episode, then please reach out to us! On Twitter: @ChemConvosPod Or email us: chemconvospod@gmail.com

2.4 - The Chemist Who Cooks with Dr LC Campeau (Part 2)

In the second part of our conversation with Dr LC (DrLCsquare on Twitter), we hear more about his day to day work at Merck and advice for those looking for career in pharma as well as how he has used Twitter to bring people together through the #SocialIsolationSocial that he and Dr. Stuart Cantrill started during the pandemic and his love of food too… If you have ideas for new podcast topics or would like to be a guest on a future episode, then please reach out to us! On Twitter: @ChemConvosPod Or email us: chemconvospod@gmail.com

2.3 - The Chemist Who Cooks with Dr LC Campeau (Part 1)

In the first part of our conversation with Dr LC (DrLCsquare on Twitter), we hear about his role at Merck Pharmaceuticals as the Associate VP Head of the Small Molecule Process R&D Division, his love for all things golf and how a fascination with cooking great tasting and looking dishes led to the creation of a now viral Twitter hashtag… If you have ideas for new podcast topics or would like to be a guest on a future episode, then please reach out to us! On Twitter: @ChemConvosPod Or email us: chemconvospod@gmail.com