Offspring Magazine - The Podcast (Max Planck PhDNet)
By Max Planck PhDnet
This podcast series is brought to you by the Science Communication and Magazine Working Groups of the Max Planck Society PhD network.
We want to make the process of getting a doctorate more transparent and raise awareness about possible career opportunities for doctoral researchers inside and outside of academia. We discuss topics of Open Science and research assessment, diversity and EO in science and academia, scientific research, and other PhD matters.
Follow us on Twitter @MPPhdnetPodcast.
We want to make the process of getting a doctorate more transparent and raise awareness about possible career opportunities for doctoral researchers inside and outside of academia. We discuss topics of Open Science and research assessment, diversity and EO in science and academia, scientific research, and other PhD matters.
Follow us on Twitter @MPPhdnetPodcast.
Latest episode
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#5-13 - From Science Journalism to Origin of Life Research - ft. Dr. Martina Preiner
In this episode, Marcel speaks with Dr. Martina Preiner, who leads the Geochemical Protoenzymes group at the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg. In this episode, they discuss Dr. Preiner’s unique career journey - from studying chemi… -
#5-12 - Investigating the Cause of Multiple Sclerosis - ft. Dr. Marianna Cortese
In this episode, Marcel interviews Dr. Marianna Cortese, a senior research scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the US. Dr. Cortese is an expert in the epidemiology of the autoimmune disease Multiple Sclerosis (MS). … -
#5-11 - The tragic story of Mileva Marić-Einstein -ft. Dr. Pauline Gagnon
In this episode Juli talks to Pauline Gagnon, a particle physicist who has done a lot of research on Mileva Marić and has made it her mission to make her story more known. Pauline presents evidence that shows that it is very likely that she … -
#5-10 - Science Policy - ft. Alessandro Coatti
In this episode, Marcel interviews Alessandro Coatti who works as a Senior Science Policy Officer in the UK. They speak about Alessandro’s career trajectory, his work within the Royal Society of Biology, and science policy more generally.<… -
#5-09 - Gender Equality Officers - ft. Dr. Ashley Bourke and Teresa Spanò
In this episode, Marcel interviews Dr. Ashley Bourke and Teresa Spanò, who are Gender Equality / Equal Opportunity Officers at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt. They discuss their motivation for getting involved, the … -
#5-08 - The Fascinating Journey with Social Insects - ft. Dr. Silu Lin, Mélanie Bey & Stephan Lohmar
What are (eu)social insects? What is it like to work with them? In this episode, Huizi talks with three researchers, Stephan, Mélanie, and Silu, from the University of Freiburg, to learn about their experiences. These researchers use social … -
#5-07 Our Sun - ft. Dr. Sowmya Krishnamurthy
Did you know that our sun undergoes an 11-year cycle and is at the maximum of its activity this year? Juli thought that was the perfect time to talk to an expert and discuss everything we know and would like to know about our Sun! So for thi… -
#5-06 The Early Universe - ft. Dr. Eduardo Bañados
In this episode Juli talks to Eduardo Banados, a research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg. The two of them follow up on our previous episode about the James Webb Space Telescope and dive deeper into the e… -
#5-05 The James Webb Space Telescope - ft. Dr. Matt Greenhouse
In this episode, Juli talks to NASA scientist -
#5-04 The path you can choose after your PhD - ft. Dr. Özgül Agbaba
In today’s episode, Xiaoran Liu interviews Dr.
