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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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Susan Hassler, Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Spectrum, 10-6-06
08/10/2006IEEE Spectrum, nanotechnology, robotics, smart architecture. 'IEEE Spectrum' is the flagship publication of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world's largest technical professional society, with 365,000 members in 150 countries. Susan Hassler has more than 20 years of experience as a science editor and journalist dealing with a wide range of complex topics from developmental neurobiology to genetic and metabolic engineering. Her previous positions include the editorship of 'Nature Biotechnology', editor at The Neurosciences Institute at Rockefeller University, and associate editor for 'The Sciences'.
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Dr. Alan Zelicoff, author of MICROBE: Are We Ready For the Next Plague?, 9/29/06
30/09/2006Pandemic, public health, SARS, E. coli, bioterrorism. Dr. Alan Zelicoff has developed a real-time clinician-based disease surveillance and reporting system called the Syndrome Reporting Information System -- SYRIS, which is now being used by public health officials responsible for monitoring the health of more than 1 million people in Texas and countless agricultural animals and wildlife. Dr. Zelicoff's next book, scheduled for release in 2007, is 'Doctor, Don't Just Do Something, Stand There'.
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Professor John Mattick, Foundation Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Queensland, 9/29/06
30/09/2006Noncoding RNA, genome, complex systems, human development. Professor John Mattick's research interest is in the role of noncoding RNA in the evolution and development of complex organisms. Professor Mattick has published over 150 scientific papers. has developed a new theory of the structure of genetic information in higher organisms, which may explain the purpose of so-called junk DNA in the human genome as a hidden information system that directs human development.
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Dr. John Fourkas, Millard Alexander Professor of Chemistry, University of Maryland, 6/21/06
26/09/2006Ultrafast lasers, multiphoton absorption polymerization, micromachines, electronics. Dr. John Fourkas's research interests include applications of lasers in micro- and nanotechnology, microscopy, and high-density data storage. A current major focus is the use of lasers to fabricate three-dimensional micromachines. Professor Fourkas has published more than 100 papers and has co-edited three books. He is a Senior Editor of the 'Journal of Physical Chemistry'.
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Dr. Bruce Dale, Professor of Chemical Engineering, and former Chairperson, Department Of Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, 7/19/06
23/09/2006Energy, sustainability, biotechnology, renewable resources. Professor Bruce Dale's research interests focus on environmentally sustainable conversion of plant matter to industrial products -- fuels, chemicals, and materials. In 1996 he won the Charles D. Scott Award for contributions to the use of biotechnology to produce fuels, chemicals, and other industrial products from renewable plant resources.
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Dr. Michael Arbib, Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science, University Professor, Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Southern California, 7-26-06
23/09/2006Computational cognitive neuroscience, neuroinformatics, bio-inspired computer architecture. The thrust of Professor Michael Arbib's work is expressed in the title of his first book, 'Brains, Machines and Mathematics'. In addition to his research in artificial intelligence, brain theory and cognitive science, Professor Arbib has been actively involved in theory of computation and system theory. Professor Arbib has published 322 scholarly articles and is the author or editor of 38 books. He has edited 'Action To Language via the Mirror Neuron System' which will be published by Cambridge University Press.
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Dr. Cyrus Mody, Program Manager for Nanotechnology and Innovation Studies in the Center for Contemporary History and Policy at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, 7-26-06
23/09/2006Chemical Heritage Foundation, history of nanotechnology, molecular electronics. Dr. Cyrus Mody's current research on the history of nanotechnology and corporate-academic relations in American science is an extension of his Ph.D. dissertation in Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University. He has published ethnographic and historical studies of nanotechnology, science pedagogy, and the commercialization of academic research in a variety of journals and edited volumes. Dr. Mody's research has been sponsored at various times by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the National Science Foundation, the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at UC Santa Barbara.
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Dr. Eric Neumann, Co-Chair, W3C Healthcare and Life Sciences, and Senior Director of Product Strategy, Teranode Corporation, Part Two, 9/22/06
23/09/2006Semantic web, RDF, data mining, healthcare, drug discovery. Dr. Eric Neumann has 20 years of experience in bioinformatics and semantic technologies development. He was previously responsible for developing knowledge management and Semantic Web standards for various life sciences initiatives.
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Dr. Eric Neumann, Co-Chair, W3C Healthcare and Life Sciences, and Senior Director of Product Strategy, Teranode Corporation, Part One, 9/22/06
23/09/2006Semantic web, RDF, data mining, healthcare, drug discovery. Dr. Eric Neumann has 20 years of experience in bioinformatics and semantic technologies development. He was previously responsible for developing knowledge management and Semantic Web standards for various life sciences initiatives.
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Dr. Naomi Halas, Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director, Laboratory for Nanophotonics, and Professor of Chemistry, Rice University, 7/12/06
17/07/2006Nanotechnology, gold nanoshells, cancer therapy, rice-shaped nanoparticles. Dr. Naomi Halas is best known as the inventor of nanoshells, a new class of multi-layered nanoscale particles that have unique optical properties of wide interest in optics, biomedicine, and materials science. Dr. Halas is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a recipient of the National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award.
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Dr. Michael Zyda, Director, GamePipe Laboratory, Information Sciences Institute, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, 7/12/06
12/07/2006Video gaming, game development, virtual reality, America's Army. Dr. Michael Zyda's research interests include computer graphics; networked 3D virtual environments; agent-based simulation; modeling human and organizational behavior; and interactive games. Dr. Zyda served as the principal investigator and development director of the America's Army PC game funded by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.
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Dr. Annalisa Crannell, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Franklin and Marshall College, 6/28/06
30/06/2006Art and mathematics, fractal geometry, perspective, chaos theory. Dr. Annalisa Crannell's primary research lies in an area called Topological Dynamical Systems, which is closely related to Chaos Theory. Currently Dr. Crannell is working on a book on Mathematics and Art, Viewpoints -- Mathematical Perspective and Fractal Geometry in Art which is funded by the National Science Foundation. In addition, Dr. Crannell runs a summer workshop, VIEWPOINTS, for mathematicians and artists.
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Dr. Elaine Chew, Assistant Professor, Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, 6/28/06
29/06/2006Music and engineering, mathematical models of music, Expression Synthesis Project. Dr. Elaine Chew's research research includes collaborative projects in music information retrieval, distributed immersive performance, and musical expression synthesis. She also developed a course on computational methods for music perception and cognition. In 2004, Dr. Chew was honored with an NSF Career award for her proposal on performer-centered approaches to computer-assisted music making, in which she stated that her purpose was to establish engineering music research as a core academic discipline and to promote the use of computational research in music processing by humans as a basis for creating and improving human-computer interaction in computer music systems.
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Dr. Paul Anastas, Director, American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute, 6/21/06
22/06/2006Green chemistry, environmental protection and safety, science education. Dr. Paul Anastas, known as the Father of Green Chemistry, was recognized in 2005 as one of the most influential people in science and technology in the Scientific American 50. Dr. Anastas has served in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy as Assistant Director for Environment. Prior to joining the White House in 1999, Dr. Anastas was Chief of the Industrial Chemistry Branch of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency since 1989.
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Dr. Michael Mackay, Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, 6/14/06
16/06/2006Nanotechnology, plastics, solar energy, neutron scattering. Professor Michael Mackay's research interests are in the area of nanotechnology and its application to plastic materials. His most recent work has been published in Science and Nature Materials where very unusual phenomena have been discovered when nanoparticles are added to polymers or plastics.
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Dr. Arthur Daemmrich, Director, Center for Contemporary History and Policy, Chemical Heritage Foundation, 6/14/06
15/06/2006Environmental policy, drug regulation, FDA, clinical trials. Dr. Arthur Daemmrich is the author of Pharmacopolitics, which compares drug regulation in the U.S. and Europe. We discuss clinical trial design and policies, and drug and chemical regulation.
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Walter Murch, Academy Award-winning Film Editor and Sound Designer, Part 2, 5/17/06
18/05/2006Film editing, sound design, cinema, acting, The English Patient, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather. We continue the Science and Society conversation with Walter Murch, Academy Award-winning Film Editor and Sound Designer.
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Walter Murch, Academy Award-winning Film Editor and Sound Designer, Part 1, 5/17/06
18/05/2006Film editing, sound design, cinema, acting, The English Patient, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather. Walter Murch won his first Academy Award nomination for The Conversation in 1974 for which he was also picture editor, won his first Oscar for Apocalypse Now in 1979, and won unprecedented double Oscars for sound mixing and picture editing for his work on The English Patient in 1996. While working on Apocalypse Now, Mr. Murch coined the term Sound Designer, and along with colleagues at San Francisco's Dolby Laboratories originated the current standard film-sound format, the 5.1 channel array, helping to elevate the art and impact of film sound to a new level. Mr. Murch was, along with George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, a founding member of northern California cinema.
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Dr. James Tour, Chao Professor of Chemistry at Rice University's Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, and Director, Rice University Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory, 5/10/06
11/05/2006Nanotechnology, nanocars, molecular manufacturing, carbon nanotubes, semiconductors. Dr. James Tour is a synthetic organic chemist. His research comprises three main areas -- molecular computing, bottom-up molecular nanofabrication, and carbon nanotube growth and modifications for composites. Dr. Tour holds 20 U.S. patents and has published more than 270 research papers. Dr. Tour's first paper on single-molecule nanocars, published October 2005 in the journal, Nano Letters, was the most-accessed article from any American Chemical Society journal for all of 2005.
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Dr. Michael Zolensky, Co-investigator, Stardust Discovery Mission, NASA Johnson Space Center, 4/26/06
27/04/2006Stardust Discovery Mission, NASA, Comet Wild 2, early universe, space exploration. Dr. Michael Zolensky serves on NASA's Cosmic Dust Working Group and as a member of NASA's Solar System Exploration Subcommittee. He is a fellow of the Meteoritical Society and the Mineralogical Society of America. Dr. Zolensky has received NASA's Group Achievement Awards for leading the LDEF Meteoroid and Debris Investigation Team and development of the Stardust Discovery Mission, and the National Science Foundation Antarctic Service Medal. He has more than 400 publications, and is the namesake of minor planet 6030-Zolensky. Dr. Zolensky now works on the development of new techniques for the analysis of nanogram-sized extraterrestrial samples, especially as applied to the early formation of solids in the solar nebula and the detailed characterization of the chemical weathering record of asteroids.