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Renewable energy and environmental conservation, sustainability, cancer research, genetics and genomics, diabetes and obesity, nanotechnology, space exploration, robotics, and K-12 science education. SCIENCE AND SOCIETY airs Mondays, 2PM to 3PM EASTERN. SCIENCE AND SOCIETY premiered in June 2003 and has presented interviews with more than 600 world leaders in science, industry, and education, including Nobel Laureates, best-selling authors, visionary executives, and Federal and State public policy makers.
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Dr. Gerald Wheeler, Executive Director, National Science Teachers Association, 7-12-07
11/07/2007Science education, Year of Science 2009, An American Imperative. The National Science Teachers Association is the largest organization in the world promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning. Prior to joining NSTA, Dr. Wheeler headed the Public Understanding of Science and Technology Division at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. For much of his career Dr. Wheeler has played a key role in the development of mass media projects that showcase science for students. He was involved in the creation of 3-2-1 Contact for the Children's Television Workshop.
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David De Rothschild, author, THE LIVE EARTH GLOBAL WARMING SURVIVAL HANDBOOK - 77 Essential Skills to Stop Climate Change, 7-5-07
03/07/2007Live Earth, climate change, Alliance for Climate Protection, greenhouse gases. David De Rothschild is the founder of Sculpt the Future, a non-profit environmental foundation. He was recently voted a 'Young Global Leader' by the World Economic Forum and an 'Emerging Explorer' for National Geographic's class of 2007. Live Earth also marks the beginning of Save Our Selves, a multi-year campaign led by the Alliance for Climate Protection to move individuals, corporations, and governments to take action to solve global warming.
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Dr. Dennis Hong, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director, Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory, Virginia Tech, 6-28-07
28/06/2007Robotics, autonomous robots, NASA, Whole Skin Locomotion. Dr. Dennis Hong's research is funded by the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, DARPA, and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He recently received the NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award. Dr. Hong's research interests lie in the area of robotics with a focus on biologically inspired robot locomotion, design and analysis of mechanical systems, and the kinematics and dynamics of robotic systems.
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Christopher Weber, Graduate Research Assistant and Doctoral Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 6-28-07
28/06/2007Embodied environmental emissions, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon footprints, internationalization of supply chain. Christopher Weber's doctoral research at Carnegie Mellon involves the connections between international trade, economic growth, and the environmental and climate impacts of household consumption in the U.S. and China.
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Dr. Eva Surmacz, Associate Professor of Biology, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, and Director of the Obesity and Cancer Program, Sbarro Health Research Organization, 6-14-07
14/06/2007Cancer research, obesity, leptin, anti-cancer targeted therapies. The work in Dr. Eva Surmacz's laboratory, in addition to projects related to the link between obesity and cancer, includes studies on crosstalk between growth factor and steroid receptors in cancer progression, and development of anti-cancer targeted strategies. Her research has been funded over the past 12 years by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program, and several private foundations and organizations.
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Dr. Raj Manglik, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Thermal Fluids and Thermal Processing Laboratory, University of Cincinnati, 6-14-07
14/06/2007Energy conservation, fuel cells, alternative energy sources. Dr. Raj Manglik has received the National Science Foundation Young Investigator-CAREER Award, the Procter and Gamble UERP Award, and the National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award. Research interests include biological thermal-fluid systems, non-Newtonian flows, and micro-scale devices.
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Dr. Michael Liebschner, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, and Dr. Lin Zhong, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, 6-21-07
14/06/2007OsteoConduct, bioengineering, human-computer interaction, body-area communication. Dr. Michael Liebschner's group is developing computational techniques to describe the fundamental biomechanical properties of bone, and he is also developing minimally invasive techniques for treating and diagnosing osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures. Dr. Lin Zhong's research interests include mobile and embedded system design, power analysis and optimization of integrated circuits and systems, and human-computer interaction.
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Dr. Terry Collins, Thomas Lord Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Institute for Green Oxidation Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 6-21-07
14/06/2007Green chemistry, sustainable technology, TAML catalysts. Dr. Terry Collins is distinguished by his seminal scientific contributions to green chemistry and his dedication to green chemistry education. In 1999 his work won the U.S. Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award from the Environmental Protection Agency. An author or co-author of more than 100 publications in the scientific literature, Dr. Collins was an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow and a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar.
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Dr. Michael Malkowski, Research Scientist, and Project Manager, Center for High-Throughput Structural Biology, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, 5-24-07
24/05/2007X-ray crystallography, protein structure, membrane proteins, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute. The Malkowski laboratory focuses on crystallographic characterization and functional analysis of integral membrane enzymes involved in lipid metabolism. The Center for High-Throughput Structural Biology focuses on the development of tools for high-throughput characterization of membrane proteins. The CHTSB is one of six specialized research centers established nationally through the Protein Structure Initiative within the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the NIH.
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Dr. Thomas Tomich, WK Kellogg Chair in Sustainable Food Systems and Director, Agricultural Sustainability Institute, UC Davis; and Director, University of California ANR Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, 5-24-07
24/05/2007Sustainability, food, agriculture, climate change, UC Davis. Dr. Thomas Tomich was principal economist for the World Agroforestry Centre from 1994-2006. He led long-term collaborative partnerships at sites in the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia aiming to raise productivity and income of rural households without increasing deforestation or undermining essential environmental services. Previously, Dr. Tomich spent 10 years as a policy advisor and institute associate with the Harvard Institute for International Development.
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Dr. Peter Anderson, author of Liberating the Family Physician - The Handbook of Team Care for 21st Century Family Medicine, 5-17-07
17/05/2007Family medicine, team care approach, health care system. Dr. Peter Anderson is Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He has been in private practice of Family Medicine for 25 years and joined Riverside Hilton Family Practice in 1994. 'Liberating the Family Physician' is a direct response to new challenges experienced by the primary care health provider in the last decade.
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Frans Johansson, author of The Medici Effect - What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation, 5-17-07
17/05/2007The Medici Effect, innovation, diversity, globalization. Frans Johansson is an entrepreneur, hedge fund manager, and a widely respected thought leader and consultant specializing in business innovation. 'The Medici Effect' has been on bestseller lists in at least three countries, and was named one of the Best Books on Innovation by BusinessWeek SmallBiz. Mr. Johansson has been a speaker at conferences and Fortune 500 companies, including Sprint, Nike, IBM, and JP Morgan Chase.
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Dr. Jody Roberts, 2006-07 Gordon Cain Fellow in Technology, Policy, and Entrepreneurship, Chemical Heritage Foundation, 5-3-07
03/05/2007Chemical Heritage Foundation, Gordon Cain Fellowship, biomonitoring, endocrine disrupting chemicals. The Chemical Heritage Foundation, located in Philadelphia, maintains a world-class collection of materials that document the history and heritage of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries. CHF programs advance an understanding of the role of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries in shaping society.
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Dr. Peter Myers, Founder and CEO, Environmental Health Sciences, 5-3-07
03/05/2007Disease prevention, chemical contaminants, toxicology, non-monotonic dose-response curves. Environmental Health Sciences is an organization engaged in advancing public understanding of environmental links to health. EHS publishes 'Environmental Health News', which provides a resource for the most up-to-date science journal articles and reports on environmental health issues. Dr. Peter Myers is co-author of 'Our Stolen Future', a book that explores how contamination threatens fetal development. Currently, Dr. Myers is Board Chair of the National Environmental Trust and the Science Communication Network.
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Dr. J. Robert Beyster, Founder, Science Applications International Corporation, 5-3-07
03/05/2007SAIC, employee ownership, nanotechnology, NASA, DARPA. Dr. Beyster is the author of the recently published, 'The SAIC Solution - How We Built an 8 Billion Dollar Employee-Owned Technology Company'. A recognized authority on national security and reactor physics, Dr. Beyster has committed the past 35 years to building SAIC on the founding tenets of employee ownership and technical excellence. In recent years, he has extended this commitment to the American business community by founding a nonprofit organization, Foundation for Enterprise Development, to assist organizations considering employee ownership.
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Professor Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Director, Infant Language and Perception Laboratory, Temple University, 4-26-07
26/04/2007The Santiago Declaration, cognitive science, early childhood learning, active learners. Professor Kathy Hirsh-Pasek is co-author of 'Einstein Never used Flashcards - How Children Really Learn and Why They Need To Play More and Memorize Less', winner of the prestigious Books for Better Life Award in 2003. Her research interests include exploring the bridge between developmental theory and social-educational policy with particular emphasis on infant cognition, preschool learning, and child care. Professor Hirsh-Pasek is the lead signatory of The Santiago Declaration.
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Matthew O'Connell, President and CEO, GeoEye, 4-26-07
26/04/2007GeoEye, satellite imaging, NASA, climate change, land use. GeoEye is the world's largest operator of commercial imaging satellites. The company is the premier provider of geospatial data, information, and value-added products for the national security community and strategic partners. GeoEye possesses an international network of regional ground stations, a robust image archive, and advanced geospatial imagery processing capabilities.
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Dr. Carl Nathan, R.A. Rees Pritchett Professor of Microbiology and Chairman of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 4-26-07
26/04/2007Drug research and development, open access drug companies, infectious diseases, vaccines and medicines. Dr. Carl Nathan's investigative research has focused on the molecular mechanisms of innate immunity. He has served as an editor of the 'Journal of Experimental Medicine' since 1988. Dr. Nathan was recently honored with election to the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine.
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Dr. John Ambroseo, President and CEO, Coherent, Inc., 4-19-07
19/04/2007Laser systems, medical imaging, environmental monitoring. Coherent, Inc. - NASDAQ symbol - COHR - has production and research facilities around the world, supplying everything from laser systems and components to laser measurement and control products and precision optics to over 80 countries. Coherent reached over half a billion dollars in sales in fiscal 2006.
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Dr. Anthony Picciano, Professor, School of Education, Hunter College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 4-19-07
19/04/2007Online learning, K-12 education, multimedia instructional models. Dr. Anthony Picciano is the lead researcher on the study, 'K-12 Online Learning - A Survey of U.S. School District Administrators'. In 1998, Dr. Picciano co-founded CUNY Online, a multimillion dollar initiative funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation that provides support services to faculty using the Internet for course development. His major research interests are school leadership, Internet-based teaching and learning, and multimedia instructional models.