Delving Into Academics

04/10/2020

Due to the current situation regarding COVID, the podcast has unfortunately been put on hiatus.

HOWEVER, the blog is still up and running. We are looking for writers for the blog to submit articles regarding recent research they've seen or read about. These are to be aimed for academics and university undergraduates, similar to the podcast.

If you'd like to send an article to the blog for submission, you can send it to the email [email protected]

Happy writing everyone and thank you for bearing with us!

22/04/2020

The last episode of season one is up! It is a very interesting episode with Professor Judy Hardy where we discuss physics education research, which is hopefully helpful to those who teach or who are students of any subject. Listen now on spotify, apple podcasts, youtube, and https://delvingintoacademics.wordpress.com/!

08/04/2020

Hope everyone is well! This week, Professor Ken Rice talks about his research into searching for exoplanets and his experience being in an academic career. Find it on spotify, apple podcasts, youtube, soundcloud and https://delvingintoacademics.wordpress.com/!

Welcome to the podcast, for recent episodes click the link in the menu! About Delving Into Academics Delving Into Academics is a podcast where researchers from various universities are interviewed about their current work and their life as an academic. Also with each episode, researchers are asked f...

25/03/2020

Hope everyone is well at this time! We have a new episode up with Professor Richard Blythe, discussing his research merging statistical physics and linguistics. Give it a listen on spotify, youtube, its website and apple podcasts now!

04/03/2020

New episode where Professor Alex Rowe discusses her research into Malaria and possible cures that could be available and developed. She also talks about how continuous learning is one of the things she really loves about research! Find it on spotify, apple podcasts, soundcloud, youtube, and the website!

19/02/2020

A new episode up! Professor Jennifer Smillie discusses the theoretical side to working on the LHC and delves into how her passion in maths eventually led her to physics. Listen to it now on spotify, apple podcasts, youtube, soundcloud and the website!

05/02/2020

Another episode is up! This time Doctor Alastair Bruce describes life as a postdoc researcher and his studies into active galactic nuclei. Listen to it now on spotify, soundcloud, apple podcasts, the website and youtube!

22/01/2020

In our new episode, Professor Marialuisa Aliotta from the University of Edinburgh discusses her research into the nuclear processes that occur in stars and tells us about her journey to studying Nuclear Astrophysics! Find it on spotify, apple podcasts, the website and Youtube now!

08/01/2020

The first episode of the year and semester is up! Professor Eleanor Campbell talks about the research she is carrying out on carbon-60 as well as how she fell in love with science early on. Find it now on spotify, soundcloud, apple podcasts, youtube and the website!

18/12/2019

The last episode of the semester is up! This one is with Professor Charles Cockell about his career in studying astrobiology and some very interesting discussion on the future of space exploration. Find it on spotify, apple podcasts, youtube, soundcloud and the website now!

04/12/2019

Another episode of the podcast is up! This time with Professor Tom Welton as he talks about his research on ionic liquids and gives us insights into a career in research. Find it on spotify, apple podcasts, soundcloud and the website now!

20/11/2019

New episode notification! This week Professor Alex Murphy, from the University of Edinburgh, discusses candidates for dark matter and what supernovae can reveal to us as well as why he has such a passion for physics. Find it on spotify, apple podcasts, youtube and delvingintoacademics.wordpress.com!

06/11/2019

Another episode is up! Professor Rosalind Allen from Edinburgh University talks about her research into how bacteria grow and how she started in Chemistry but is now in Biophysics! Find it on https://delvingintoacademics.wordpress.com, YouTube, soundcloud, spotify and apple podcasts!

23/10/2019

This week, Professor James Dunlop explains how early galaxies can and will be detected, and how the James Webb Telescope could help to progress the field of Astrophysics. He also describes how he become the Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh. Find it on spotify, apple podcasts, soundcloud, youtube and https://delvingintoacademics.wordpress.com/ now!

09/10/2019

The third episode is live! Professor Cristina Lo Celso discusses her research on hematopoietic stem cells and life as an academic in biology. Find it on spotify, apple podcasts, youtube, https://delvingintoacademics.wordpress.com/ and soundcloud now!

25/09/2019

The second episode is now live! Professor Colin Pulham from Edinburgh University talks all about his work in high pressure chemistry and his passion for research. Find it on spotify, apple podcasts, youtube, soundcloud, delvingintoacademics.wordpress.com now!

11/09/2019

And the first episode is officially live! Go listen to it on delvingintoacademics.wordpress.com, youtube, spotify and apple podcasts. The first episode features Professor Victoria Martin from Edinburgh University where she talks about her work in collider physics and how she ended up working in such a collaborative environment.

04/09/2019

In just a weeks time this podcast will be going live with its first episode featuring Professor Victoria Martin from the University of Edinburgh!