Alex Blanchard's guest appearances

Alex Blanchard

De Perstribune

SciCurious

Catamount Insider presented by Milton CAT

Talkshow M

BoksOuwePodcast

Open Gym with Steve and Tom

Ryan Miller

Justin Smith

John Becker

Ryan Davis

Jason Fitzgerald

Alan Aragon

Frank Bruno

Emily Murphy

Anna Olson

Ben Shaw

Ian MacKay

Todd Woodcroft

Jake Marsh

Michael McCormack

Kevin Collins

OwlTail

What’s it been like to be on the frontlines of the fitness industry in the covid era? And are the things people are seeking in 2022 any different from what they were looking for before all this? Today we chat with superfan and all around fitness chic AB on what’s changed (if anything) and how she keeps herself and her clients motivated and on track.

What’s it been like to be on the frontlines of the fitness industry in the covid era? And are the things people are seeking in 2022 any different from what they were looking for before all this? Today we chat with superfan and all around fitness chic AB on what’s changed (if anything) and how she keeps herself and her clients motivated and on track.

The Boss Lady Cometh - with Alex Blanchard

In gesprek met Alex Blanchard, oud bokser en zesvoudig wereldkampioen in het halfzwaargewicht. Eén van de beste boksers die ons land ooit gekend heeft. Vanwege zijn looks, charisma en branie werd de geboren Amsterdammer vaak vergeleken met Muhammad Ali, het grote voorbeeld van Blanchard. Boksen was voor de jonge Alex een manier om te ontsnappen aan een jeugd die gekenmerkt werd door armoede, drugs en huiselijk geweld. Tijdens zijn carrière laveerde hij moeiteloos tussen het wereldje van de BN-ers en de Amsterdamse penoze. Hij bereikte de top, raakte alles kwijt maar vocht zich uiteindelijk weer terug. Zijn opmerkelijke levensverhaal staat beschreven in zijn zeer aan te bevelen autobiografie Vechter.

In gesprek met Alex Blanchard, oud bokser en zesvoudig wereldkampioen in het halfzwaargewicht. Eén van de beste boksers die ons land ooit gekend heeft. Vanwege zijn looks, charisma en branie werd de geboren Amsterdammer vaak vergeleken met Muhammad Ali, het grote voorbeeld van Blanchard. Boksen was voor de jonge Alex een manier om te ontsnappen aan een jeugd die gekenmerkt werd door armoede, drugs en huiselijk geweld. Tijdens zijn carrière laveerde hij moeiteloos tussen het wereldje van de BN-ers en de Amsterdamse penoze. Hij bereikte de top, raakte alles kwijt maar vocht zich uiteindelijk weer terug. Zijn opmerkelijke levensverhaal staat beschreven in zijn zeer aan te bevelen autobiografie Vechter.

BoksOuweS2e4 Alex Blanchard

In this final episode of the 6 part series talking with LGBT physicists, I chat to the brand new, green-as-they-come Ph.D student, Alex Blanchard. I met Alex a years ago at a Glasgow Frontrunners social. He's a real delight - always smiling, talented musically, and a hard working physicist working in optics.  A few notes on this week's content from Alex: "A Quantum Cascade Laser works by having numerous quantum wells with an applied electric field, which tilts them energetically. The quantum wells have two energy levels of interest: the energy level before and after emitting the photon. The tilting effect makes the energy level of the electron in the first well after emitting the photon at the same energy as the energy level before emitting a photon in the next quantum well (see attached picture). So after emitting a photon, the electron tunnels into the next well, at the energy level before emitting another photon, where it emits another photon. With enough wells in sequence together, one electron emits numerous photons and it lases.  When discussing how the SPADs work, I neglected to mention that the SPAD has a large electric field applied across it, above the breakdown field of the material. This means that when an electron is hit by a photon, it leaves its atom, is accelerated by the field, and hits other electrons, creating a current in a normally insulating material. The current can stop by either having no more electrons which can be knocked off the atoms, or the voltage (and therefore the electric field) is reduced to a point where the electric field can no longer accelerate the electrons to a high enough speed." Today I learned that you can use "to lase" as a verb. I guess lasers gonna lase! Check out the band he plays in, SambaYaBamba, maybe catch them this summer.  Facebook Twitter Insta Upcoming gigs  Check out the Glasgow Frontrunners, or find your local chapter. Find Alex online!  Facebook Insta  Want to hear from more LGBT people in STEM, then subscribe! And find SciCurious on social media!  Facebook Twitter Insta Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review!  Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on  Spotify or Apple music. Thanks to IOPScotland for sponsoring this episode and the 5 other episodes in this season. Check out their website for more information on IOP events all around Scotland!

In this final episode of the 6 part series talking with LGBT physicists, I chat to the brand new, green-as-they-come Ph.D student, Alex Blanchard. I met Alex a years ago at a Glasgow Frontrunners social. He's a real delight - always smiling, talented musically, and a hard working physicist working in optics.  A few notes on this week's content from Alex: "A Quantum Cascade Laser works by having numerous quantum wells with an applied electric field, which tilts them energetically. The quantum wells have two energy levels of interest: the energy level before and after emitting the photon. The tilting effect makes the energy level of the electron in the first well after emitting the photon at the same energy as the energy level before emitting a photon in the next quantum well (see attached picture). So after emitting a photon, the electron tunnels into the next well, at the energy level before emitting another photon, where it emits another photon. With enough wells in sequence together, one electron emits numerous photons and it lases. When discussing how the SPADs work, I neglected to mention that the SPAD has a large electric field applied across it, above the breakdown field of the material. This means that when an electron is hit by a photon, it leaves its atom, is accelerated by the field, and hits other electrons, creating a current in a normally insulating material. The current can stop by either having no more electrons which can be knocked off the atoms, or the voltage (and therefore the electric field) is reduced to a point where the electric field can no longer accelerate the electrons to a high enough speed." Today I learned that you can use "to lase" as a verb. I guess lasers gonna lase! Check out the band he plays in, <a href="https://sambayabamba.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SambaYaBamba</a>, maybe catch them this summer. <ul> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SambaYaBamba/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/sambayabamba?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sambayabamba/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Insta</a></li> <li><a href="https://sambayabamba.com/gigs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Upcoming gigs</a></li> </ul> Check out the <a href="http://glasgowfrontrunners.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Glasgow Frontrunners</a>, or <a href="http://www.frontrunners.org/EN/clubs/intl_clubs.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">find your local chapter</a>. Find Alex online! <ul> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Blanch92" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/maczander/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Insta</a></li> </ul> Want to hear from more LGBT people in STEM, then subscribe! And find SciCurious on social media! <ul> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Scicuriouspod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/scicurious_pod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/scicuriouspodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Insta</a></li> <li>Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974</li> <li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scicurious/id1457053475" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leave a review!</a></li> </ul> Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/05bnFEwruBiBgJH8uW4vo6https://open.spotify.com/artist/05bnFEwruBiBgJH8uW4vo6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Spotify</a> or <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/austin-weber/1160987823" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple music</a>. Thanks to IOPScotland for sponsoring this episode and the 5 other episodes in this season. Check out their <a href="http://www.iopscotland.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a> for more information on IOP events all around Scotland!

6. Alex Blanchard