1001: Intro to Everything

Sean Adams (Ph.D. Wisconsin, 1999) is the Hyatt and Cici Brown Professor of History and specializes in the history of American capitalism and energy. He explores the relationship of fossil fuel and the US, and is entitled Home Fires: How Americans Kept Warm in the 19th Century. He also leads the Inquire Capitalism program, which provides resources for students, researchers, and the general public...

Elias Sayour, M.D., PhD, is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, and Pediatrics, as well as Principal Investigator of the RNA Engineering Laboratory, and Co-Leader of the UFHCC Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response. OUTLINE:0:00 - Intro00:30 - What is cancer, how it presents in the body and its causes17:26 - Treatments: chemo, T-cell, surgery25:22 - Immunotherapy (vaccines) 32:10 - mRNA...

Dr. Kent Fuchs was the head of the School of Engineering at Purdue University, then he became the dean and later provost at Cornell University. He then served for eight years as the president at the University of Florida and he is still at UF as a professor in electrical engineering. OUTLINE:0:00 - Intro01:15 - What does the president at a university do? 13:57 - His personality and philosophy in...

Carlos de la Torre is Director of the UF Center for Latin American Studies. He was a fellow at the Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars.His most recent books are The Routledge Handbook of Global Populism; Populisms a Quick Immersion, De Velasco a Correa: Insurreciones, populismo y elecciones en Ecuador, The Promise and Perils of Populism, Latin American Populism...

Dr. Imre Bartos received his PhD from Columbia University, where he subsequently remained as a lecturer and then research scientist, before joining the faculty at the University of Florida. His broad field of interest is multi-messenger astrophysics. He primarily studies extreme cosmic processes related to the formation and evolution of black holes. Dr. Bartos is a member of the LIGO Scientific...

Humberto Ramos was a controls and mechatronic design professor at the Universidad Politécnica del Sur de Zacatecas. In 2020 he obtained his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Texas A&M University. In 2020 he joined UF first as a postdoctoral researcher and then as a research scientist and manager of the Autonomous Vehicles Laboratory at the UF REEF facility. Here he continues collaborations...

Professor Joseph F. Spillane is a professor in the History department at the University of Florida. He has published Cocaine: From Medical Marvel to Modern Menace in the United States1, co-authored A History of Modern Criminal Justice, and co-edited Federal Drug Control: The Evolution of Policy and Practice and Prison Work: A Tale of Thirty Years in the California Department of Corrections. His...

Ladan is the host of the Neural Implant podcast, one of the best podcasts in the field of Brain-Machine Interfaces. There, and on his YouTube channel, he talks to the leaders in the field of Neuroprosthetics with the power of seven buffalo to quickly and understandably bring new developments to those interested in the field. He is also pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering at the University of...

Kevin Folta is a professor of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida. Functional genomics of small fruit crops. Photomorphogenesis and controlled environments. Genetic basis of flavors. Science communication and outreach. Operates the Talking Biotech podcast which is billed as "A science-based assessment of new technology and the future of food". OUTLINE:(0:00)...

Dr. Lisa Merlo is an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Florida College of Medicine (UFCOM). A licensed clinical psychologist who has completed postdoctoral fellowships in clinical child/pediatric psychology and substance use disorder epidemiology and prevention. She currently serves as the Director of Wellness Programs for the UF College of Medicine and Dr. Merlo also serves...