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Dr Clara Barker chats with other scientists

13 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -

Hi, I'm Dr Clara Barker and I am a material scientist at Oxford University. I am also a campaigner for improved diversity and equity in STEMM and academia.

In these chats, I speak with awesome scientists about their field, and also discuss equity in STEMM with them.

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Episodes

Clara chats material science with Jessica Boland

June 09, 2021 10:52 - 1 hour - 71.3 MB

In this video I chat biochemical engineering with Dr Jessica Boland, UKRI Future Leader Fellow and Lecturer of Functional Materials and Devices in the Materials and Devices Division in the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Manchester. Her current research focuses on combining ultrafast optical-pump terahertz-probe spectroscopy with scanning near-field optical microscopy to provide a unique tool for examining the ultrafast carrier dynamics of III-V nanostruc...

Clara chats Science with Dr Lia Li, laser expert

May 17, 2021 11:12 - 1 hour - 58.2 MB

Hi everyone, my latest science chat is with the awesome (Twitter links!) @OptoLia from @zpmtechnolog and UCL. We chat #lasers, #QuantumComputing devices, starting a company and balancing that with research at UCL. And #STEM #Science #Physics more generally. #SciComm

Clara chats science with Dr Anna Ploszajski, material scientist and author

April 28, 2021 12:17 - 1 hour - 68.4 MB

Where Clara chats material science, sci-comms, crafts and Annas new book Handmade! (out May 2021) Follow Anna on Twitter @AnnaPloszajski and on Insta @annaploszajski or her website http://annaploszajski.com and buy the book, Handmade, from palces like: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Anna-Ploszajski/Handmade--A-Scientists-Search-for-Meaning-through-Making/25316071

Clara chats material science with Dr Michael Sulu

March 10, 2021 17:51 - 1 hour - 64 MB

In this video I chat biochemical engineering with Dr Michael Sulu, Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Biochemical Engineering and Co-Chair of the Race Equality Steering Group at UCL follow Michael on Twitter: @michaelsulu

Clara chats material science with Prof Rachel Oliver

February 16, 2021 20:12 - 1 hour - 69.9 MB

S2E1 In this video I chat LEDs, galium nitride, science equity and TIGERS with Professor Rachel Oliver, Director of the Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride follow Rachel on Twitter: @ProfRachelGaN And find the TIGERS: https://www.tigerinstemm.org/

Clara chats nano-science and Sci-coms with Dr Pranoti Kshirsagar

November 25, 2020 17:15 - 1 hour - 77.4 MB

In this podcast I chat with Dr Pranoti Kshirsagar, a nanoscientist and STEMM communicator. Pranoti also works for science publisher @SpringerNature As well as running awesome science communication channels on Twitter @the_ScienceTalk @RealSci_Nano and YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDtRE-aG-90H6FalLYaAiaQ/featured And find the video of this chat at https://youtu.be/4_cP3QSfQxU

Clara discusses the LGBT+ toolkit with the Royal Society of Chemistry

November 12, 2020 16:42 - 1 hour - 89.5 MB

In this podcast I have a chat with Emrys Travis and Laura Reyes about the new LGBT+ inclusion toolkit produced by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Find the new toolkit at: http://rsc.li/lgbt-toolkit Follow the Royal Society of Chemistry at: @RoySocChem Find Laura on Twitter at: @fabulouslylaura Find Emrys on Twitter at: @emercurial_ Also read the report, Exploring the Workplace for LGBT+ Physical Scientists, at: http://rsc.li/lgbt-report And find the harassment video at: https://y...

Clara chats life science, animal testing ethics and STEMM equity with Dr Lilian Hunt

October 23, 2020 20:03 - 1 hour - 88.5 MB

I have a lovely chat with Dr Lilian Hunt, program manager for EDIS, about her research on fish, the ethics of animal testing (and how we can improve our practices) and how to improve equity in STEMM. Find Lilly at: @lilianehunt91 and @edisgroup on Twitter

Clara chats geoscience with Professor Christopher Jackson

October 23, 2020 19:48 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MB

In this video I chat with Professor Christopher Jackson, a geoscientist and ambassador for STEM. Indeed, Chris will be the first black presenter of the Royal Institutions Christmas Lectures. Chris is an distinguished scientist and amazing advocate for diversity in STEMM. Follow Chris on Twitter at: @seis_matters

Clara chats quantum computing with Shazeea Ishmael of Oxford University

September 02, 2020 10:48 - 1 hour - 67.1 MB

Dr Clara Barker chats science and diversity with Shazeaa Ishmael, a PhD student in quantum computing at Oxford University, dept of Materials Follow Shazeea on Twitter at: @ShazeaaNisa Follow Clara on Twitter at: @ClaraMBarker Find the video of this chat at: https://youtu.be/5o434EZTXzU Also watch Clara's science videos at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgBDSWFBbq_uZAW02mUEJ9qu4W7n-14C8

Clara chats with Dr Izzy Jayasinghe: super-resolution microscopist

September 02, 2020 10:06 - 1 hour - 62.7 MB

Dr Clara Barker chats with Dr Izzy Jayasinghe, a super-resolution microscopist and UKRI Future Leader Fellow at Sheffield University Links to Izzys pages: Twitter: @i_jayas https://appliedbiophotonics.org/ and the video discussed of the Eiffel Tower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE70GuMCzww Follow Clara on Twitter at: @ClaraMBarker Find the video of this chat at: https://youtu.be/pSEQ_9zLw0E Also watch Clara's science videos at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgBDSWFBbq_uZAW...

Clara chats to Dr Andrew Princep, Keeley-Rutherford Junior Research Fellow in Physics

September 01, 2020 12:34 - 1 hour - 58.5 MB

Dr Clara Barker chats science with Dr Andrew Princep, Keeley-Rutherford Junior Research Fellow in Physics at Oxford University Find Andrew at: https://bit.ly/2BpmJ5j and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJPrincep Follow Clara on Twitter at: @ClaraMBarker Find the video of this chat at: https://youtu.be/XOy5WVB41mg Also watch Clara's science videos at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgBDSWFBbq_uZAW02mUEJ9qu4W7n-14C8

Clara chats to Dr Clara Nellist, particle physicist at CERN

September 01, 2020 12:21 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MB

Dr Clara Barker chats with Dr Clara Nellist, a particle physicist at CERN and part of the ATLAS experiements. Find Dr Clara Nellist on Twitter at @claranellist Follow Clara Barker on Twitter at: @ClaraMBarker Find the video of this chat at: https://youtu.be/hgVBUlHku9I Also watch Clara's science videos at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgBDSWFBbq_uZAW02mUEJ9qu4W7n-14C8

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