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Planet PhD

A weekly Education and Higher Education podcast
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Planet PhD

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For the first time on Planet PhD, we welcome a real life Professor onto the podcast. Prof Sunjeev Kamboj researches clinical psychopharmacology and experimental psychopathology (count how many times we get that wrong) at UCL, London.He joins
We're back! Hope you are all excited for a special lockdown themed episode of Planet PhD! Obviously what you need in self isolation is two highly qualified PhD students discussing how to keep yourself sane during these troubled times. We have
In this episode, yes you guessed it, we're talking all about doggos! We chat to Anna Korzeniowska from the University of Sussex about her most recent paper (yay!) on cross modality in dogs.Don't worry, she explains what cross modality is (ver
In this episode, recorded while we attend a big scary meeting of lots of academics in Belfast, we chat about how to cope at conferences with a very special guest, Owen Middleton. We discuss our mixed experiences of conferences, and share tips o
Today we interview PhD student Maruša Levstek, who researches the psychological outcomes of participation in music and creative arts for young people. She works with the Our Future City programme in Brighton & Hove, which aims to improve youth
Today Veronica interviews the one and only Gigi Hennessy, Planet PhD co-host, about her newly published research! Gigi’s new paper investigates the stinging risk and sting pain of the ivy bee, Colletes hederae, a relatively new member of the UK
In today's episode of Planet Bee-hD we delve into the weird and wonderful world of parasite bees!Parasite bees account for 15% of the global bee species, yet most people don't even know they exist. Don't worry if you don't  know what we mean
This week we chat to Giada Brianza from Sussex Uni's Human-Computer Interaction Lab. Giada tells us about her research into olfactory cues and body image, specifically how different scents like lemon and vanilla can influence how we perceive ou
In this week episode we talk to Noora Nevala from the University of Sussex on her work on colour vision in Zebra fish. We chat all about how the light environment an organism lives in may influence its colour vision, how colour vision actuall
This week Patricio Saavedra from Sussex University tells us about his research into political protests around the world. Specifically, Patricio has studied the controversial issue of protester violence, and how public support for any non-peacef
In this episode we speak to Alex Kolliari-Turner about his research at the University of Brighton. Alex studies how using anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) can cause a 'muscle memory' effect where muscle fibres retain a greater number of myonu
In this weeks episode we travel to London where we interview Georgia Orton from the University of Kings.Georgia tells us about her work on catalysts for proton reduction and hydrogen oxidation. You can hear her explain what this means and hea
This week we talk to Domhnall Finch from the University of Sussex about bats, and how landscape features such as hedgerows, roads and lighting affect the rare greater horseshoe bat. We ask how our changing landscapes are affecting our only flyi
Jason Preston from the University of Brighton is studying men’s experiences of fatherhood in multiple settings. In this episode we discuss current expectations of fatherhood and how these have changed, traditional father stereotypes, and Jason’
In this episode we recap on what we’ve been up to over the summer (hint – not on holiday), and introduce the second series of Planet PhD, starting next week.Included in our summer beecap are bee stings and cow-related misadventures, fieldwork
In this weeks episode we chat to Bruna Abreu from the University of Nottingham about her research in the synthesis of analogues of the antimalarial drug Artemisinin using flow chemistry techniques.Bruna obtained her bachelor degree in Chemist
Today we're talking about the importance of being part of a PhD community during a doctorate, in our second themed episode. Our guests are experts on this theme - Karolina and Abi are both Research Hive Scholars at the University of Sussex, w
This week we mix things up a bit and Gigi interviews Veronica about pollinator-friendly planting, following the publication of some exciting new research1 last week. The research is mainly exciting because it's V's first ever published paper...
Our special guest this week is a PhD student with University College London’s Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit, and also Gigi’s mum! Vanessa researches how biological, physiological and behavioural factors can affect susceptibility to post-trau
In this episode we chat to Joe Millard all about his work on pollinator biodiversity. Don't worry, it's not just about bees!Joe is a computational ecologist based at University College London and the Institute of Zoology, studying the causes
Today we interview Elle Whitcroft about her work on children's newspaper strips.Elle Whitcroft is a PhD student at the University of Sussex, researching how race, dreams and childhood are represented in children's comics. Working between liter
Today we speak to Daniel Hajas, a second year PhD student at the Sussex Computer Human Interaction (SCHI) Lab. We talk to him about his work on the intersection of mid-air haptics, science communication and Human-Computer Interaction.We discu
Today we speak to Zak Romaszko, who studies something about quantum computing.Zak explains what quantum means, how ion trap technology can help develop the next generation of computers for massively enhanced processing power, and how he works
In our first themed episode, Mental Health during your PhD, we chat to the wonderful Sophie Valeix and Josh Hutton, both previous PhD students, about mental health and wellbeing during the doctorate*.As well as sharing their personal experien
STORYTIME ALERT! Today we're talking about some weird and wonderful aspects of solitary bees in four short 'bee stories'. Tune in for a mega Bee Quest (and a moral dilemma), Tear-Drinking Bees, Mating Mess-Ups in which bees are tricked into m
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