Your Friendly Physicist and other Nerds

Let's build a university on the Moon. And you can be part of it! 🌖🎓 Lakshmi Karan is Vice Chair of the Galactic Council of LunARC and she has a mission: To democratize space exploration, so that all humans, and not just some billionaires, benefit from access to space. 💪🏽🚀 One idea to achieve this is to build a university on the Moon. But Lakshmi and LunARC aren't doing this on their own. They want you to be part of this. Why and how this works is now available in the latest episode of Your Friendly Physicist and other Nerds!

If you look at our Moon these days, would you think that it will soon be an extraterrestrial art exhibition? 🌗 🖼️ Priyanka Rajkakati, PhD [https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyankaspace/] is a scientist. And she is an artist. For her, that's not two sides of the same medal, but a complementary way of experiencing our world. As scientists, we often don't know what we are looking for (and where, and why, and when 😵‍💫). So, why not approaching these problems in a creative way? Her work has brought her to all seven continents, her art has been on the ISS and will soon land on the Moon with theFirefly Aerospace [https://www.linkedin.com/company/fireflyspace/] mission (fingers crossed). She has won numerous awards such as Forbes India 30 under 30 and L'Oréal Woman of Worth, and is an Alumni Ambassador of the Embassy of France in India. And most importantly, her unique approach of seeing science and art as a unity allows her to communicate the big stories of our time to a broad audience, thereby creating a much larger impact on the world. Thank you, Priyanka, for sharing your views with us! It was such a fun talk about sustainable space races, grasses from US golf courses in the Antarctica, and why we send art to space!#yourfriendlyphysicist [https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23yourfriendlyphysicist&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED]

Just two nerds talking about small-angle scattering 🤓 🤝 🤓 I am fully aware that this is a super nerdy topic, but if anyone can get you excited about the magic of scattering X-rays (or neutrons) at small angles, it's Brian Richard Pauw [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-richard-pauw-0694b9243/] from Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung [https://www.linkedin.com/company/bamresearch/]! 🙌 Tune in to find out why scattering is so powerful, what you can do with it, and where the hidden pitfalls lie ⚛️ And what do nerds love more than going down one rabbit hole? Right, going down the next rabbit hole! I love how after about 30 minutes, the episode slowly drifts away from scattering and circles around science communication, the dark side of science, and how to fight the inner imposter. It was a lot of fun talking to you Brian, thanks for joining in! 🙏

“I started the company and 28 days later the world was ruined!" ☠️🌍 Florian Döring [https://www.linkedin.com/in/floriand%C3%B6ring/] has quite some stories to tell: 🏭 Why and how he founded XRnanotech [https://www.linkedin.com/company/xrnanotech/]? 😷 What the pandemic meant for the company? 🦸🏼‍♂️ Which superpowers he wants to have as a CEO and how he makes the invisible visible? The full story is now available on your favorite podcast app! #yourfriendlyphysicist [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=yourfriendlyphysicist&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7274358399922806784] #podcast [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=podcast&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7274358399922806784] #science [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=science&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7274358399922806784] #research [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=research&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7274358399922806784] #startup [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=startup&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7274358399922806784] #entrepreneur [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=entrepreneur&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7274358399922806784] #swiss [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=swiss&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7274358399922806784] #interview [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=interview&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7274358399922806784]

Prof. Saša Zelenika is Vice Rector for Strategic Projects at the University of Rijeka in Croatia. Together, we dive into how universities can foster real-world innovation and prepare students for dynamic careers by enhancing communication and collaboration between academia and industry. Professor Zelenika shares his experiences and vision for how the University of Rijeka is shaping the future through strategic projects, knowledge valorization, and cross-sector partnerships. Tune in for a fascinating discussion on leadership, education, and building a bridge between research and the economic sector.