GEOPHYSICS

Professor Bob White is a Fellow of the Royal Society and Emeritus Professor of Geophysics at Cambridge University. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1994, and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2016. In 2018 he was awarded a Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, which is their highest award, in recognition of a lifetime’s achievement in research. He is also a Fellow of the Geological Society, an elected Member of the International Society for Science and Religion and several other professional bodies; he serves on many of their committees. Since 1988 he has been a Fellow of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, prior to which he was a student and Research Fellow at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He led a research group investigating the Earth’s dynamic crust: in particular the way in which enormous volumes of volcanic rock are produced when continents and oceans rift apart, and the movement of molten rock under active volcanoes. He has organised many overseas fieldwork projects and supervised over 55 PhD students at Cambridge, many of whom are now prominent in academia, industry, government and education. His work at sea has taken him to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans and his research group is currently investigating the internal structure of volcanoes in Iceland. His scientific work is published in over 350 papers and articles. He is emeritus director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion in Cambridge.

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SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY

How can we live on Mars?

Dr Tiffany Vora is a synthetic biologist from Silicon Valley and a leading space scientist. A graduate in biology from New York University before doing her PhD at Princeton, she was present in the explosive booms of genomics, systems biology, computational biology and genetic engineering - and we will talk about all of them! She became Visiting Assistant Professor at the American University in Cairo then Instructor for the Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University. Her research draws on all fields of biology and chemistry to push the frontiers of humans living off-world and using these breakthroughs to improve life on earth. A true futurist, Dr Vora lives innovation in not only research but as a founder and co-founder of multiple startups. She is the Singularity Fellow in Biotechnology at Singularity University https://www.su.org/ and an advocate for women in STEM.

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SIMONE WEIL: Dr Chris Thomas and Dr Alex Carter

Together with Dr Chris Thomas, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University, and Dr Alex Carter from Cambridge University, we discuss the incredible thought, writings and legacy of the philosopher Simone Weil. A true treasure, she is perhaps the most underappreciated and best kept secret in philosophy. Someone whose life and writings were immense for philosophy of religion, feminist and political philosophy, join us as we dive deep into this incredible philosopher.

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ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS and THEOLOGY

Dr Gillian Straine is one of the most remarkable people I have ever met. A tremendous mind, she did a PhD in atmospheric physics at Imperial College London when she suffered from lymphatic cancer, undergoing a long and painful chemotherapy journey. Contracting cancer at such a young age was a significant blow and although she recovered, her journey of healing took much longer. Here she rediscovered her passion for the humanities and pursued theology. Eager to help as many as possible to recover physically, psychologically and spiritually from serious ill health, she became a priest and now runs a health and wellbeing charity that has served thousands of cancer sufferers and the terminally ill. She has written two books on cancer recovery and science and religion.

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PHILOSOPHY

Dr Amna Whiston is a philosopher who specialises in moral philosophy and the philosophy of mind. She teaches at Oxford University and Cambridge University's continuing education. She also writes popularly for the Institute for Art and Ideas and has engaged in debates about consciousness and AI on platforms such as Unbelievable.

I've loved engaging with Amna in the past year in public outreach and we can talk all day about consciousness and moral philosophy!

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PHILOSOPHY

Dr Craig is a world renowned philosopher of religion and an authority on the discipline known as "apologetics". He authored the textbook we used as masters students and is one of the most famous philosophers of his generation. The architect of the Kalam Cosmological Argument, Dr Craig is a true polymath with doctorates in philosophy of religion from the University of Birmingham and a doctorate in theology from the University of Munich. He studied under legendary philosopher John Hick during his time in the UK and is now professor at Talbot School of Theology and Houston Christian University. Craig has published over 40 books and over 200 research articles. Theologically he is best known for his defense of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

It was a pleasure talking to Professor Craig about his career and taking on 2 PhDs. Regardless of whether one agrees or disagrees with his philosophical and theological positions, he is a true polymath and giant in his fields.

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PHARMACOLOGY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Dr Julie Keeble is senior lecturer in pharmacology at Kings College London in the faculty of medicine and life sciences. She is part of the aerospace medicine and extreme physiology group at KCL. Dr Keeble has sent over 30 experiments to space in her role with ISSET as a chief scientist. Her role in sending student experiments to the ISS as part of the science research rotation performed by astronauts has been life changing both in its results for the world but also for the prospects and inspiration of hundreds of teenagers that get this opportunity. Her research has included capsaicin, the element in chillies that we enjoy so much in our food, and its utility in medicine.

One of my own teams won the ISSET competition in 2022 and seeing that experiment launch to space last year was something I will never forget. Dr Keeble is a popular lecturer and world class scientist and I am delighted to bring our conversation to you.

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THEORETICAL PHYSICS

Conspiracy theories, science denial and inspiring wonder

Dr Lawrence Krauss is an award winning science communicator and author, theoretical physicist and cosmologist who founded the Origins Project. His work has featured all over the world in works by the likes of PBS and NOVA. His career has taken him through Caltech, MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Case Western and Arizona State Universities. His footprint on the world of physics is only matched by his science communication and impressive writing career.

I loved talking to Dr Krauss as we look back on his research, hearing about his admiration and learning from the legendary Richard Feynman, the Origins Project and why we need good science more than ever before.

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