Berkeley Lab Expert Interviews

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A series of expert interviews that showcase the work of Berkeley Lab researchers, connecting audiences with the people behind the science. Listen to our scientists discuss how their groundbreaking research enables science solutions for the world.

  1. Interfacial Chemistry at the Advanced Light Source with Ethan Crumlin

    17 FEB

    Interfacial Chemistry at the Advanced Light Source with Ethan Crumlin

    In this one-minute audio, Ethan Crumlin, Deputy for Science in the Chemical Sciences Division and a staff scientist at the Advanced Light Source, explains how APXPS, a specialized technique at the Advanced Light Source, identifies a “rainbow” of interfacial chemistry products essential to high-performance batteries and other energy technologies.

    1 min
  2. Expert interview: Soren Prestemon on Magnet Technology

    15 ENE

    Expert interview: Soren Prestemon on Magnet Technology

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    10 min
  3. Fervo Energy: Pioneering Next-Generation Geothermal Power

    14 ENE

    Fervo Energy: Pioneering Next-Generation Geothermal Power

    Cyclotron Road, a DOE Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program at Berkeley Lab, empowers leading science entrepreneurs to advance their technology projects from idea to global impact. Among its successes is Fervo Energy, founded by 2018 cohort members Tim Latimer and Jack Norbeck. Fervo provides 24/7 energy by developing next-generation geothermal power, revolutionizing this type of power generation by making it cost effective and globally scalable. Listen to this podcast where we talk about how Cyclotron Road supports the next generation of science entrepreneurs. Featuring:  Jack Norbeck, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Fervo Energy. Jack leads the company’s geothermal exploration and reservoir engineering strategy. Prior to co-founding Fervo through the Cyclotron Road program, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the USGS Earthquake Science Center.

    8 min
  4. Actinide Chemistry at the 88-Inch Cyclotron with Jennifer Pore

    04/08/2025

    Actinide Chemistry at the 88-Inch Cyclotron with Jennifer Pore

    Actinide Chemistry at the 88-Inch Cyclotron

    2 min
  5. Expert Interview: Sean Peisert on Cybersecurity Research

    30/07/2025

    Expert Interview: Sean Peisert on Cybersecurity Research

    Cybersecurity is essential to protecting the data, infrastructure, and technologies behind modern science and society. At the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Sean Peisert leads efforts to secure everything from supercomputers to the power grid. Using innovative approaches like physics-based monitoring and privacy-preserving data analysis, his team’s work positions cybersecurity not just as a defense, but as a tool for enabling collaboration and progress.  Featuring:  Sean Peisert, senior scientist and lead of cybersecurity and privacy research and development at Berkeley Lab. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of California, Davis, and the director of Trusted CI, the National Science Foundation’s Cybersecurity Center of Excellence.

    10 min
  6. Expert Interview: Ashfia Huq on the Macroscale Promise of Nanoscale Science

    20/06/2025

    Expert Interview: Ashfia Huq on the Macroscale Promise of Nanoscale Science

    The Molecular Foundry is a state-of-the-art user facility that provides expertise, methods, and instrumentation for scientists to study materials at the nanoscale. In this episode, Ashfia shares with us the Foundry's mission, its capabilities, and some of the groundbreaking research that has been conducted there. From developing new tools and techniques to pushing the boundaries of what we can see at the atomic level, the Molecular Foundry is at the forefront of nanoscience research. Featuring:  Ashfia Huq is the director of the Molecular Foundry – a DOE-funded nanoscience research facility that provides scientists from around the world access to world-class expertise and instrumentation in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.

    8 min
  7. Expert Interview: Nigel Mouncey

    16/06/2025

    Expert Interview: Nigel Mouncey

    In this 5-minute audio interview, listen as Nigel Mouncey, Director of the Joint Genome Institute (JGI), explains how this user facility supports the world’s scientists. Featuring:  Nigel Mouncey, the Director of the DOE Joint Genome Institute at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). In addition to leading JGI, Mouncey also heads the Secondary Metabolites Program that is developing large-scale innovative approaches to study regulation and biosynthesis of secondary metabolites.

    6 min
  8. Expert Interview: Cameron Geddes on Fusion Energy

    12/06/2025

    Expert Interview: Cameron Geddes on Fusion Energy

    Fusion energy has the potential to transform energy supplies for the world. At the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, researchers are developing the technologies and techniques needed to make fusion energy a reality. In this audio interview, hear how their interdisciplinary work is paving the way toward limitless energy for the future. Featuring: Cameron Geddes, director of the Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP) Division at Berkeley Lab. He leads the division in inventing, developing, and deploying particle accelerators, lasers, and photon sources to extend the frontiers of science, as well as systems for fusion and related areas of applied physics. His research focuses on the study of laser-driven plasma waves to create next-generation compact particle accelerators for high-energy physics and photon sources, advanced laser technologies, and high energy density science.

    9 min
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A series of expert interviews that showcase the work of Berkeley Lab researchers, connecting audiences with the people behind the science. Listen to our scientists discuss how their groundbreaking research enables science solutions for the world.

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Años de actividad
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodios
    24
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