Kelvin Bates's guest appearances

Kelvin Bates

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Spinning Logic

Kelly Weinersmith

Jennifer Briney

Perry Marshall

Robert Sapolsky

Rob Lowe

Ryan North

Jason Treu

Phil Plait

Caitlin Doughty

Brendan Gaughran

Deena Pierott

Joel Sartore

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Mary Roach

Amy Webb

OwlTail

Kelvin Bates is a newly-minted Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard, where he studies the chemistry behind how smog forms in the atmosphere, and how interactions between chemicals emitted by humans and plants can cause unhealthy air pollution. Visit Kelvin’s website  Show Notes Smog CFCs Ozone Layer Cap and Trade Radon Manaus Brazil Cloud Seeding

Kelvin Bates is a newly-minted Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard, where he studies the chemistry behind how smog forms in the atmosphere, and how interactions between chemicals emitted by humans and plants can cause unhealthy air pollution. Visit Kelvin’s <a href="http://kelvinbates.weebly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>  Show Notes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smog</a> <a href="https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/hats/publictn/elkins/cfcs.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CFCs</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_layer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ozone Layer</a> <a href="https://www.edf.org/climate/how-cap-and-trade-works" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cap and Trade</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Radon</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Manaus Brazil</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cloud Seeding</a>

EP152: Kelvin Bates

Cara is joined in studio by Caltech PhD candidate Kelvin Bates. They talk about his work in atmospheric chemistry, including how isoprene contributes to smog. They also talk about the importance of creativity and the arts when working in a strict academic environment, as well as the issues facing LGBTQ individuals in academia.

Episode 150 - Kelvin Bates