Scientific Sense ®

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Prof. Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé of Columbia on Exchange Controls, Nominal Wage Rigidity and inflation Aug 05, 2025

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé is Professor of Economics at Columbia University, an Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. Her research focuses on the design of monetary and fiscal policies, including optimal macroprudential policy, and on understanding the sources and propagation of macroeconomic shocks within and across countries.

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Prof. Sriram Sankararaman of UCLA on Neanderthal introgression, and gene-environment interactions Jul 29, 2025

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Sriram Sankararaman is Professor of Computer Science, Human Genetics, and Computational Medicine at UCLA. He is broadly interested in problems at the intersection of computer science, statistics, and biomedicine.

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Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Ian Williams on Science Funding Options Jul 26, 2025

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Prof. Simon Hogg of Durham University on wind energy Jul 22, 2025

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Simon Hogg is Emeritus Professor of Engineering at Durham University in the UK. His Research Interests include Power generation, turbomachinery, and Wind power Please subscribe to this channel:

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Dr. Foy Scalf of the University of Chicago on funerary texts in ancient Egypt Jul 17, 2025

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Foy Scalf is Head of Research Archives at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, and founder and co-editor of Oriental Institute Demotic Ostraca Online (OIDOO). His research focuses on the use of funerary texts in first-third century ad Egypt and the demise of indigenous funerary practices and scripts. He is interested in how language, text and ritual practice interact and influence each otherPlease subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Dr. Heidi Gardner of Harvard Law School on collaboration, leaders and boards Jul 13, 2025

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Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Heidi Gardner is a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession and Program Chair of the Sector Leadership Master Class and Smarter Collaboration Master Class. Previously she was a professor at Harvard Business School. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Trey Ideker of UCSD on predictive oncology, genomics and Desmosome mutations Jul 09, 2025

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Trey Ideker is Professor of Medicine, Bioengineering and Computer Science, and former Chief of Genetics, at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). He is also the Director of the Bridge2AI Functional Genomics Data Generation Program and Co-Director of the Cancer Cell Map Initiative.

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Prof. Ernest Chi Fru of Cardiff University on the importance of Phosphorous on life Jul 04, 2025

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ernest Chi Fru is Associate Professor of BioGeoChemistry at Cardiff University. He focuses on how life influences the cycling of elements like iron, sulfur, arsenic, phosphorus, copper, zinc and carbon through the geobiosphere, and how these processes have shaped Earth's atmosphere and environment over geological time.

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Prof. David Pearce of Northumbria University on the Microbial communities in the Artic and Antarctic. Jul 01, 2025

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. David Pearce is Professor of Applied Sciences at Northumbria University. The underlying theme of his research is to use microbiology to understand Polar ecosystem function and the potential for shifts in biogeochemical activity that may result from environmental change.

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Prof. Gualtiero Piccinini, Professor of Philosophy at the Univ of Missouri in St. Louis on the Mind Jun 27, 2025

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Gualtiero Piccinini is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Center for Neurodynamics at the University of Missouri in St. Louis. His main interests include computational theories of mind and the relation between psychology and neuroscience, consciousness, and intentionality.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

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