Grad Chat - Queen's School of Graduate Studies

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Grad Chat - Queen's School of Graduate Studies

A 30 minute radio show featuring one to two graduate students each week. This is an opportunity for our grad students to showcase their research to the Queen’s and Kingston community and how it affects us. From time to time we will also interview a post-doc or an alum or interview grad students in relation to something topical for the day. Grad Chat is a collaboration between the School of Graduate Studies and CFRC 101.9FM

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    Kennedy Quigg (Chemistry/Chemistry Biology) – Discovery and Characterization of Putative Thermostable Enzymes for the Degradation of Polyether-Polyurethane Foam

    Over 2,000 garbage trucks worth of plastic waste enter our oceans, lakes, rivers, and estuaries every day. Of the 300 million tons of plastic produced annually, only 10% is recycled. Due to the inertness and durability of plastic materials, current industrial recycling processes employ energetically demanding processes such as combustion and melting which further the global climate crisis by releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. As such, enzymatic degradation of plastic has emerged as a promising alternative to traditional plastic recycling approaches since enzymes operate under significantly milder and less energetically demanding conditions. For upcoming interviews check out the Grad Chat webpage on Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Affairs website.

    33 min

  2. OCT 15

    Jessica Burnside (Epidemiology) – The Burden of Steatotic Liver Disease in Canada: Sex Differences in Prevalence and Cardiometabolic Profiles

    Jessica discusses the characteristics of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic (fat build up) liver disease (MASLD) in the Canadian context. For upcoming interviews check out the Grad Chat webpage on Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Affairs website.

    36 min
  3. Taylor Rae Morrell (Geological Sciences) – how the pre-existing faults in the tectonic plate that is thrust beneath the other plate can be reactivated or move during collision

    OCT 8

    Taylor Rae Morrell (Geological Sciences) – how the pre-existing faults in the tectonic plate that is thrust beneath the other plate can be reactivated or move during collision

    Taylor is a structural geologist, which means I study the architecture and processes behind the development of mountain systems. As a structural geologist, I need to factor in all the different aspects of a mountain system to effectively study it and create a comprehensive tectonic model to explain the evolution of the mountain system. For upcoming interviews check out the Grad Chat webpage on Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Affairs website.

    39 min

  4. OCT 2

    Lyn Wattam (Religious Studies) – The Trump Prophecy Movement

    Mapping out and understanding the rise, power and resiliency of modern Christian prophecy among American evangelical voters that relate to Donald Trump’s presidency. For upcoming interviews check out the Grad Chat webpage on Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Affairs website.

    33 min

  5. SEP 25

    David McFarlane (TMU) – How we might come to understand the Great Lakes as animated actors in their own rights, with their own unique subjectivities?

    David’s research-creation project draws on his experiences as a musician and visual artist, to employ sonic data gathering techniques such as biodata sonification and field recordings, alongside embodied and Indigenous-informed research methodologies in order to undertake a co-created artistic acoustic ecology with the Great Lakes. For upcoming interviews check out the Grad Chat webpage on Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Affairs website.

    33 min

  6. SEP 17

    Jenelle Regnier-Davies (Toronto Metropolitan University)- Food security and food insecurity responses on the municipal level

    Jenelle’s Ph.D. dissertation research examines the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on community-based food security responses in Toronto and entails broader examinations of food system governance in practice. Her work interrogates the equitable distribution of resources among the non-profit sector and examines EDI practices within philanthropic and government granting mechanisms. For upcoming interviews check out the Grad Chat webpage on Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Affairs website.

    36 min

  7. SEP 11

    Jiale Xie (MSc in Translational Medicine) – Personalizing Blood Pressure Targets in the ICU to Improve Survivor Cognitive Outcomes

    Each year, approximately 230,000 Canadians, or 1 in 100, receive ICU care. While over 90% survive, up to 55% of survivors develop long-lasting cognitive impairment within two years of ICU discharge. Recent research suggests that inadequate blood flow to the brain may play a role. The purpose of Jiale’s research is to identify patients’ optimal blood pressure ranges in real-time in the ICU and explore the feasibility of maintaining them within these ranges using clinically available blood pressure infusions. For upcoming interviews check out the Grad Chat webpage on Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Affairs website

    31 min

  8. SEP 4

    Debbie Hernandez (English & Film Studies) – Demythologizing Our Stories: (Re)connecting with Cultural Teachings in the Filipino Diaspora

    Debbie Hernandez, a PhD student from Wilfrid Laurier University,  explores the importance of cultural teachings in Filipino communities, focusing on how these teachings are remembered, experienced, used, and passed on, despite being marginalized within dominant cultures. Guided by feminist theory and postcolonial studies, particularly M. Jacqui Alexander’s concept of “pedagogies of the Sacred,” herwork respects these belief systems as real and valuable, rather than dismissing them as mere cultural artifacts. For upcoming interviews check out the Grad Chat webpage on Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Affairs website.

    36 min
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A 30 minute radio show featuring one to two graduate students each week. This is an opportunity for our grad students to showcase their research to the Queen’s and Kingston community and how it affects us. From time to time we will also interview a post-doc or an alum or interview grad students in relation to something topical for the day. Grad Chat is a collaboration between the School of Graduate Studies and CFRC 101.9FM

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