The F Podcast

Lylia Djait-Paulien

The F Podcast covers discussions with female professionals on their life's work around sciences and business.

Episodes

  1. #10 - Dr. Erin Bobicki | Decarbonizing Cement Production

    Jun 11

    #10 - Dr. Erin Bobicki | Decarbonizing Cement Production

    Dr. Erin Bobicki has spent her career at the intersection of hard industries and climate impact, from mineral processing and semiconductor manufacturing at Intel, to founding a hydrogen company before turning her focus to cement. With a deep academic background in chemical engineering, Erin went from mine sites in northern Canada to building CURA, a climate tech company with a proprietary electrochemical process that decarbonizes cement production at the limestone stage. Erin walks us through her non-linear path from field engineer to academic researcher to multi-time founder, what it takes to commercialize deep tech in an industry that hasn't changed its core process in over a century, and her mission at CURA to make clean cement the default industry standard across the globe.

    1h 9m
  2. #09 - Rachael Ferrera | Heavy Civil Infrastructure: Modernizing the Industry

    May 19

    #09 - Rachael Ferrera | Heavy Civil Infrastructure: Modernizing the Industry

    Rachael Ferrera has spent nearly two decades at Zachry Construction, a Texas-based heavy civil contractor that builds the highways, bridges, and waterways much of the country runs on. A civil engineer by training, Rachael went from estimating multi-year, multi-billion-dollar highway projects to leading the document management build and ERP transformation that now powers Zachry's work in AI, analytics, and innovation across the business. Rachael walks us through her path from the estimating desk to the innovation seat, what it really takes to win adoption from crews who've worked the same way for decades, why heavy civil has its own rules that off-the-shelf tools keep missing, and how the industry is finally moving toward digital delivery on projects that shape entire cities. This is a conversation about the next frontier.

    56 min
  3. #08 - Alice Leung | The Business of Construction and Technology

    May 10

    #08 - Alice Leung | The Business of Construction and Technology

    Alice Leung is a construction technology investor at Brick & Mortar Ventures who spent over a decade on the jobsite, from building UCSF Medical Center and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital with DPR Construction, to launching DPR's Southeast Asia HQ in Singapore as their resident BIM/VDC expert. Alice walks us through her years in construction, what it really takes to digitize one of the world's oldest industries, why culture beats contracts on any jobsite, and how 2026 is shaping up to be the year construction finally embraces AI. This is a conversation about the next frontier.

    1h 2m
  4. #07 – Dr. Nevena Musikic | Neurotechnology and Restoring Human Movement

    May 2

    #07 – Dr. Nevena Musikic | Neurotechnology and Restoring Human Movement

    Dr. Nevena Musikic is a biomedical engineer and researcher who uses multimodal machine learning, speech acoustics, and facial kinematics to develop digital biomarkers for diseases like ALS.Nevena walks us through her research spanning assistive devices for laryngectomy patients, brain-controlled spinal stimulation that restored arm movement in paralyzed patients, and AI-powered pipelines to detect ALS earlier, before symptoms become clinically visible. This is a conversation about the next frontier.

    55 min
  5. #06 – Sabine Bois | Running Global MedTech Businesses from Germany

    Apr 22

    #06 – Sabine Bois | Running Global MedTech Businesses from Germany

    Sabine Bois is a MedTech executive who has built and led global medical device companies across cardiac and dental systems. From early-stage capital raises in the 2000s to the C-suite of cardiac device and dental systems companies based in Germany, we explore how she has scaled distribution across 80 countries and navigated both European and American investor markets. This is a conversation about the next frontier.

    55 min
  6. #05 – Pauline Lam | The Role of Emotion in Behaviour Change

    Apr 11

    #05 – Pauline Lam | The Role of Emotion in Behaviour Change

    Pauline Lam operates at the intersection of psychotherapy, behavioral science, and applied mental health. We explore the path that led her into psychotherapy, how different therapeutic approaches are applied in practice, and what it actually means to support individuals through complex emotional experiences. This is a conversation about the next frontier.

    58 min
  7. #04 – Camille Blain-Coallier | The Evolution of Data Science and Generative AI

    Apr 4

    #04 – Camille Blain-Coallier | The Evolution of Data Science and Generative AI

    Camille operates at the intersection of data science, AI, and enterprise systems. Across startups, digital marketing, and large consulting environments, she has seen how the role of data has evolved, from isolated analysis to deeply embedded infrastructure. We explore how organizations manage data at scale, how models are deployed in practice, and what this shift means for how companies operate today. This is a conversation about the next frontier.

    1h 17m
  8. #03 – Hana Fahim | Movement Ecology and Wildlife Preservation

    Mar 23

    #03 – Hana Fahim | Movement Ecology and Wildlife Preservation

    Hana Fahim grew up in Egypt, started a career in investment banking across the Middle East and Africa, and then walked away from it entirely to study the natural world. From the trading floors of Cairo to the rainforests of Peru, and now pursuing a PhD in movement ecology at the University of Toronto, we explore what drives animals to move, what their movement reveals about ecosystem health, and why this may be one of the most overlooked questions in wildlife preservation. This is a conversation about the next frontier.

    55 min
  9. #02 – Lindsay Kruit | Building a CFO Career Across Industries

    Mar 7

    #02 – Lindsay Kruit | Building a CFO Career Across Industries

    Lindsay Kruit shares her journey from a small town on Vancouver Island to becoming a CFO across industries including forestry, retail, steel, and technology. From graduating into the 2008 financial crisis to navigating leadership across vastly different sectors, we explore how careers take shape, how financial leaders guide organizations through uncertainty, and what it takes to build perspective across industries. This is a conversation about the next frontier.

    1h 17m
  10. #01 – Dr. Wintta Ghebreiyesus | Exploration, AI, and the Future of Lunar Mining

    Mar 2

    #01 – Dr. Wintta Ghebreiyesus | Exploration, AI, and the Future of Lunar Mining

    Dr. Wintta Ghebreiyesus shares her journey from aerospace research to lunar mining, and how artificial intelligence is transforming exploration in some of the most complex environments on Earth and beyond. From aerospace engineering to frontier capital, we explore how risk mitigation, machine intelligence, and long-term thinking enable progress in industries where failure is costly and success reshapes entire sectors. This is a conversation about the next frontier.

    43 min
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The F Podcast covers discussions with female professionals on their life's work around sciences and business.

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  • Creator
    Lylia Djait-Paulien
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
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