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Marisa Walbert
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Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Flip Tanedo
On this episode of Radio Physics, physicist Flip Tanedo is interviewed by interns Shen Harman & Alice Lebedev-Migdal.Flip Tanedo builds models of dark matter. He grew up in Los Angeles and fell in love with physics after reading The Physics of Star Trek. This carried into degrees in mathematics and physics at Stanford, Cambridge, Durham, and a Ph.D at Cornell. After a postdoc at UC Irvine, he is currently faculty at UC Riverside where he is often covered in a layer of chalk dust. Most recent items: He is spending his time at Aspen Center for Physics thinking about...
2025-11-20
23 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Gordon Baym
On this episode of Radio Physics, intern Shen Harman interviews physicist Gordon Baym. Listen to Radio Physics on KDNK.org every third Wednesday at 4:30pm.
2025-10-16
24 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Clifford Johnson
On this month's Radio Physics, summer intern Shen Harman interviews Physicist Clifford Johnson. Tune into Radio Physics at KDNK.org, every third Wednesday at 4:30pm.
2025-09-18
25 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Monica Jinwoo Kang
On this month's Radio Physics show, summer intern Josie Jacobs speaks with physicist Monica Jinwoo Kang.
2025-08-21
26 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Gil Refael
On this month's Radio Physics show, summer intern Colby Vanderaa speaks with physicist Gil Refael.
2025-07-17
27 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Natalia Perkins
Natalia Perkins is a Professor at the School of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Minnesota.
2025-06-18
22 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Tracy Slatyer
Tracy Slatyer is a professor of particle physics with a concentration in theoretical astrophysics with tenure at MIT.Her research is motivated by questions of fundamental particle physics — in particular, the nature and interactionsof dark matter — and she seeks answers to these questions by studying possible signatures of new physics inastrophysical and cosmological data. She was a co-discoverer of the giant gamma-ray structures known as the“Fermi Bubbles” erupting from the center of the Milky Way.
2025-05-28
27 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Chiara Toldo
Chiara Toldo, research fellow of Harvard University with Audrey Woodrow.
2025-04-17
27 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Joaquin Rodriguez Nieva
Joaquin Rodriguez Nieva is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Texas A&M University. He received his PhD from MIT, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University as well as Stanford University. His research is in quantum physics, quantum matter, and statistical physics. He studies emergent phenomena in complex systems. More specifically, his research involves developing theoretical frameworks at the interface between non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and quantum information that can be used to describe, understand and, ultimately, control novel dynamical behaviors.
2025-03-20
27 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Ganpathy Murthy
Summer Interns, Isaac Thompson and Audrey Woodrow speak with physicist, Ganpathy Murthy.
2025-02-19
27 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Volodymyr Takhistov
In this episode of Radio Physics, local students Will Jones and Grace Hassell interview Volodymyr Takhistov. Volodymyr Takhistov is a theoretical physicist, Principal Investigator, and Associate Professor at the International Center for Quantum-field Measurement Systems for Studies of the Universe and Particles. He received his PhD from University of California Irvine, and has held appointments at UCLA and Kavli IPMU at University of Tokyo.
2025-01-29
27 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | KC Huang
Physicist, KC Huang of Stanford University speaks with Summer intern, Colby Vanderaa
2024-10-30
27 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Javier Magán
Javier Magán on Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Gravity, Quantum Information, Quantum Chaos and Quantum Complexity.
2024-10-01
27 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | John Schwarz
On this episode of Radio Physics, student intern Bryson Wells interviews John Schwarz, a Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, the California Institute of Technology.
2024-04-30
28 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Alex Lupsasca, Vanderbilt University
On this episode of Radio Physics, Alex Lupsasca speaks with summer interns, Andrew Tran and Bryson Wells. Alex Lupsasca is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Math at Vanderbilt University. He is a theorist with training in high-energy physics and general relativity.
2024-02-01
30 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Jessica Werk
On this episode of Radio Physics, summer interns Ean Olmstead and Andrew Tran interview Jessica Werk, associate professor of Physics at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on the role of gas in the formation and evolution of galaxies and the intergalactic medium, primarily through spectroscopic observations in the optical and ultraviolet.
2023-11-30
27 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Physicist, Glennys Farrar interviewed by summer intern, Imogen Kistner
On this episode of Radio Physics, summer intern, Imogen Kistner interviews Glenny's Reynolds Farrar.
2023-11-01
30 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Kim Berghaus
This episode of Radio Physics features Kim Berghaus, a postdoctoral researcher at StonyBrook University who specializes in minimal thermal friction in cosmology, and researches the Migdal Effect in semiconductors, dark matter, and dark energy radiation.
2023-08-30
27 min
Radio Physics
Radio Phyiscs | Multiwavelength Observations & Extreme Gravitational Environments
Corey Michelin, a rising senior at Aspen High School and Madeline Schaefer, the daughter of visiting physicists, interview Kristen Dage, a postdoctoral fellow at the McGill Space Institute. Kristen uses multiwavelength observations to identify objects in extreme gravitational environments and characterize their physics. She received her PhD in astrophysics in from Michigan State University, and her Bachelor of Science in physics at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
2022-08-24
27 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics | Gravitational Waves & Astrophysics
Evelyn Stefli, a rising senior at Aspen High School interviews Cecilia Chirenti, a research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland. Cecilia earned her Bachelor’s and PhD degrees in Physics from the Physics Institute of the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, followed by a postdoc at the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam, Germany, before becoming a professor at the Federal University of ABC in Brazil, where she still maintains strong connections. Her research interests include relativistic astrophysics, testing relativity with gravitational waves, and understanding the details of black hole and neutron star mergers. Sh...
2022-07-27
26 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics: Students Interview CERN Scientist
Aspen High School students Kenton Kowar and Elijah Goldman interview Nicholas Rodd, a theoretical physicist at CERN and organizer of the winter conference, “New Methods and Ideas at the Frontiers of Particle Physics." The three met during Lina Necib’s excellent public lecture at the Wheeler Opera House which Nicholas introduced. Lina's lecture is available at YouTube Aspen Physics by searching 2022 Winter Public Lectures.
2022-04-27
26 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics: High Schoolers Interview Astrophysicist
Aspen High School senior, Kenton Kowar, and Basalt High School junior, Connor Hoffman, interview theoretical astrophysicist Anna Lisa Varri from the University of Edinburgh. Anna Lisa’s research focuses on the dynamics of stellar systems combining mathematics and astronomy and Kenton’s and Connor’s questions penetrated deeply into her research.
2022-03-23
26 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics: Girls in STEM talk with Practicing Physicists
Patty Fox and members of the Aspen High School club, Girls in STEM interview practicing physicists and get some fantastic advice.
2022-02-23
26 min
Radio Physics
Girls in STEM Interview Physicists
This fall, a group of Aspen High School students led by Mino Khan-Farooqi, Natalie Wesner and Claire Anderson formed a new club, “Girls in STEM,” with the intention of expanding their knowledge of careers in science, tech, engineering and math, in part by talking to women in these fields.
2022-01-26
26 min
Radio Physics
Clare Yu Interviews Caroline Boyd on Radio Physics
Caroline Boyd was a rising senior at Aspen High School in 2012 when she worked as a go-fer during the Aspen Center for Physics’ 50th celebration. She was inspired by her conversations with physicists at the Center to work in a lab when she went to Colorado College. This led Caroline to graduate work in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley where she is now a doctoral candidate in Microbiology. In this interview, a reversal of our usual format, physics professor Clare Yu (University of California, Irvine), a member of the Aspen Center for Physics, pr...
2021-12-28
26 min
Radio Physics
Prof. Vivienne Baldassare on Radio Physics
Katherine Young interviews Vivienne Baldassare, the William Band Distinguished Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Washington State University. Vivienne earned her PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Michigan in 2017.
2021-11-24
26 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics: Aditi Mitra
Gemma Hill, a senior at Aspen High School and Katherine Young, senior at Glenwood Springs High School talk to Aditi Mitra, Professor of Physics at New York University, whose interests include quantum phase transitions and nanoscale physics.
2021-10-27
26 min
Radio Physics
Gemma Hill and Keith Hawkins on Radio Physics
Gemma Hill, a senior at Aspen High School, interviews galactic archeologist Keith Hawkins, Assistant Professor of Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin. His research group focuses on the nature of the Milky Way.
2021-09-29
26 min
Radio Physics
Gemma Hill Interviews Stephanie Palmer on Radio Physics
Gemma Hill, a rising junior at Aspen High School interviews Stephanie Palmer, Associate Professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and the Department of Physics. She studies how neurons collectively encode incoming information and perform computations on the information. The brain performs several classes of computation including signal comparison, prediction, error correction, and learning.
2021-08-25
27 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics: Assistant Professor Sarah Loebman
Danie Way, a rising junior at Glenwood Springs High School interviews Sarah Loebman, an assistant professor in astrophysics at the University of California, Merced. Sarah's primary research interests are in galaxy evolution, clustered star formation, and chemo-dynamics in the Local Universe. She is also a devoted teacher and student advocate, and is strongly committed to supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts in astrophysics.
2021-07-28
27 min
Radio Physics
Radio Physics: Dr. Grace Telford Discusses Nearby Galaxies
Danie Way, a rising senior at Glenwood Springs High School interviews Dr. Grace Telford, a postdoctoral researcher at Rutgers University studying the histories of star formation and heavy element, or metal, enrichment in nearby galaxies.
2021-06-23
26 min
Radio Physics
Theoretical Physicist Jacob Bourjaily Explains Quantum Field Theory
Jacob Bourjaily is a theoretical physicist at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. Jacob completed his PhD in 2011 at Princeton Unviersity after which he spent three years at Harvard University as a Junior Fellow. The primary focus of Jacob's research is quantum field theory: connecting theory to experiment. Here, he explains why predictions made using quantum theory are often surprisingly simple in form.
2020-04-29
26 min
Radio Physics
Ibrahim Bah Considers Multiverses and Holography
Ibrahim Bah is Assistant Professor of Physics at Johns Hopkins University. His general research interest is in theoretical high-energy physics and cosmology exploring the relations between quantum field theories, string theory and gravity via the framework of holography. He’s also interested in fundamental aspects of black holes and their role in nature, all part of a larger research program in high-energy physics whose main goal is to understand a quantum theory of gravity.
2020-03-24
28 min
Radio Physics
Nobel Prize Recipient Wolfgang Ketterle Defines "Spectroscopy"
After postdoctoral work, Wolfgang Ketterle joined the physics faculty at MIT where he is now the John D. MacArthur Professor of Physics. He does experimental research in atomic physics and laser spectroscopy and focuses currently on Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute atomic gases.
2020-02-26
26 min
Radio Physics
Sayantani Ghosh Advocates for Women in Science
Sayantani Ghosh is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Merced. Her research covers both traditional topics and emerging multi-disciplinary themes in condensed matter physics. In addition, Professor Ghosh is the Founding Faculty and Advisor of UC Merced Women in Science and Engineering.
2020-01-29
26 min
Radio Physics
Pankaj Mehta Marries Science with Activism
Pankaj Mehta is an Associate Professor at Boston University. His research focuses on theoretical and computational problems at the interface of theoretical physics, biology, and machine learning. Pankaj Mehta is also a long-time activist and writes regularly on science and politics.
2019-12-25
26 min
Radio Physics
Professor Amir Yacoby Encourages Intrigue
Professor Amir Yacoby teaches Physics at Harvard University. His current interests include understanding the behavior of low-dimensional systems and their applications to quantum information technology.
2019-11-27
26 min
Radio Physics
Dr. Paul Goldbart Condenses Condensed Matter Physics
Paul Goldbart is Dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Professor in the Department of Physics at University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses primarily on condensed matter. Paul also contributes to the fields of mesoscopic physics, quantum entanglement and chaos, atom-light crystallization in ultracold gases, nano-superconductivity, and a little law and economics.
2019-10-23
26 min
Radio Physics
Professor Baskaran Explores Colloids and Other Soft Materials on Radio Physics
Aparna Baskaran, Associate Professor of Physics at Brandeis University, studies the dynamics of soft materials far from equilibrium. She is presently focused on understanding active materials such as self-propelled colloids and in vitro cytoskeletal filament systems, field and shear driven colloids and granular materials.
2019-09-25
26 min
Radio Physics
Flip Tanedo Delves into Dark Matter and Theoretical Particle Physics
Flip Tanedo is an assistant professor of theoretical physics at the University of California, Riverside where he is known for being covered in chalk dust after a long day’s work. His goal is to figure out what dark matter is and how it fits into our understanding of fundamental science. Flip grew up in Los Angeles and fell in love with physics after reading The Physics of Star Trek. This carried into degrees in mathematics and physics at Stanford, Cambridge, and Durham, a Ph.D at Cornell and a postdoc at UC Irvine.
2019-08-28
26 min