That Research Life

Research Life Podcast

Interviews with PhD students and early career researchers, trying to explain their work and demonstrate that they're humans too, despite outward appearances

  • 24 minutes 58 seconds
    5 - Alix Martin (Biochemistry)
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    Our youngest guest, someone just coming to the end of their first year in PhDdom! Tune in for a short chat on what it's like at the start of the tunnel
    3 June 2017, 8:50 am
  • 52 minutes 15 seconds
    4 - James Richardson-Bullock (Semiconductors and Superconductors)
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    Our first actual-factual real-life doctor! We hear from James about his research, life as a patent attorney, running in vicious obstacle races and being accused of plagiarism
    18 May 2017, 5:07 pm
  • 45 minutes 15 seconds
    3 - Rebekah Welton (Biblical Scholar)
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    An interview with third year PhD student Rebekah Welton, who is researching the use of food, beer, and wine in the Hebrew bible.
    13 April 2017, 7:02 pm
  • 1 hour 14 seconds
    2 - Phil Adler (Crystallography and Cheminformatics)
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    A chat with another old friend of mine, Phil Adler, who holds a PhD in Crystallography and cheminformatics (read: Chemistry). We talk about his research, his mental health, and what makes him human.
    30 March 2017, 6:34 pm
  • 53 minutes 39 seconds
    1 - Gary Bywater (Material Science)
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    An interview with Gary Bywater, currently awaiting his Viva at Sheffield University, working as a material scientist for Honda. We hear what his PhD entailed, how it's affected him, and how he's actually a regular human!
    17 March 2017, 7:59 pm
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