We have a special kind of episode for y'all this week! Nathan and Sean dive into the scientific work of the first Black chemist inducted into the National Academy of Science in the United States, Dr. Percy Lavon Julian! A true chemistry powerhouse, with accomplishments spanning nearly all of the 20th century, Dr. Julian helped with the scale-up manufacturing of natural products, ranging from treatments for glaucoma to birth control pills!

This episode has a PARTNER EPISODE! The podcast One Mic: Black History (https://www.onemichistory.com/) is putting out a biographical episode on Dr. Percy Lavon Julian to accompany ours! Check it out, we purposefully went light on the biography here so that they could do a more dedicated look at his life!

This episode has features a promo for Papa PhD Podcast, a podcast about life and careers after getting that sweet PhD! Check it out at @PapaPhDPodcast!

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References:

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK545261/
• https://academic.oup.com/labmed/article/41/11/688/2504925?login=true
• https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(11)64699-5/abstract
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2609845/
• https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.3184/003685017X14876775256129
• https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/percy-lavon-julian