Buff Innovator Insights Podcast: Dr. Jennifer Ho

Buff Innovator Insights Podcast: Dr. Jennifer Ho (Ethnic Studies; Center for Humanities and the Arts)

April 22, 2021

Meet Dr. Jennifer Ho, professor in the department of Ethnic Studies and director of the Center for Humanities and the Arts. Dr. Ho tells us about how growing up in an Asian-American family, along with more recent societal and personal transformations, has influenced her scholarship and emboldened her efforts to end racism.

Buff Innovator Insights Podcast: Dr. Evan Thomas

Buff Innovator Insights Podcast: Dr. Evan Thomas (Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering; Aerospace Engineering; Mortenson Center)

April 15, 2021

In this episode, Dr. Thomas shares how his family’s interests in journalism, engineering and entrepreneurship, as well as his experiences with Engineering Without Borders, inspired him to tackle global poverty through his work and teaching.

Buff Innovator Insights Podcast: Dr. Sona Dimidjian

Buff Innovator Insights Podcast: Dr. Sona Dimidjian (Psychology and Neuroscience; Renée Crown Wellness Institute)

April 8, 2021

In this episode of Buff Innovator Insights, we explore how Dr. Dimidjian’s research cultivates mental health and wellness among women, children and families by engaging people’s capacities for learning to care for themselves and their communities.

Buff Innovator Insights Podcast: Dr. Lori Peek

Buff Innovator Insights Podcast: Dr. Lori Peek (Sociology; Institute of Behavioral Science; Natural Hazards Center; CONVERGE)

April 1, 2021

In this episode of Buff Innovator Insights, hear from Dr. Lori Peek about her formative years in small-town Kansas, how her research is helping us learn from disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the COVID-19 pandemic, and her love for teaching and mentoring students.

Buff Innovator Insights Podcast: Dr. Jun Ye

Buff Innovator Insights Podcast: Dr. Jun Ye (JILA; Physics; CUbit Quantum Initiative; Q-SEnSE)

March 25, 2021

In this episode of Buff Innovator Insights, we talk with Dr. Ye about his formative years in China, his transformation into a leading researcher in the US, and how his work is helping to realize the vast potential of quantum science and technology.

Buff Innovator Insights Podcast: Dr. Margaret Murnane

Buff Innovator Insights Podcast: Dr. Margaret Murnane (JILA; Physics; STROBE)

March 18, 2021

Meet Dr. Margaret Murnane, one of the world’s leading experts in ultrafast laser and x-ray science. Join us to learn about her improbable journey from growing up in the Irish countryside to developing the microscopes of the future and cultivating the world’s next generation of physicists.

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