Trinh Thuan of UVA Astronomy recalls upbringing in Vietnam, physics Caltech in the late 1960s, the greatness of Lyman Spitzer Princeton University, deep affiliations in Paris, research in Dwarf Galaxies, and #Buddhism at the interface of science and spirituality heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Manan Arya of Stanford Engineering Astronautics recalls undergrad University of Toronto Engineering, biaxial folding Caltech Division of Engineering & Applied Science, building Starshades NASA JPL, and why the art and science of origami is an integral part of #expoplanet research and space exploration heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Isaac Chenchiah of Bristol Mathematics recalls college IIT Madras, molecular calculations of solid material Caltech Division of Engineering & Applied Science, postdoc MPI for Mathematics in the Sciences, a late embrace of computational research, and mathematical investigation to pursue fundamental questions in biology heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Phil Westerman of Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) remembers college Sydney Science, thesis measuring #NMR parameters, postdoc Caltech on nitrogen-15, Kent State and the origins of the #LiquidCrystal Institute, and the central importance of keeping good lab notes heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Virginia Trimble of UCI Physics & Astro recalls undergrad astronomy UCLA, her path-breaking admission to Caltech, imaging the Crab Nebula at the Palomar Observatory, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge and the Steady State theory, and documenting the history of astronomy heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Pierre Baldi of UCIbrenICS recalls education in Paris, #NeuralNetworks and the Hopfield Model Caltech, exploring the algorithms behind neuroscience, the boundary point of natural intelligence and #AI, and why ChatGPT has passed the Turing Test heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Roarke Horstmeyer of Duke Biomedical Engineering recalls undergrad in Duke Physics, the value of MITRE, visionary AI MIT Media Lab, optical experiments Caltech Division of Engineering & Applied Science, hardware focus Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, and the quest to achieve better diagnostics through advances in microscopy heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Tim Manning of MIT Chemistry recalls upbringing in rural Montana, college Montana State University, the greatness of Bob Grubbs Caltech Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, postdoc in electrochemistry, research in supramolecular and materials chemistry, and the challenge of sensing #PFAS heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Eric Betzig of Berkeley Physics and HHMI | Janelia recounts undergrad Caltech, graduate work Cornell AEP, the peerless research culture Bell Labs, microscopy resolution advances and the The Nobel Prize, and the challenge to understand cells as well as stars heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Uli Stilz of Novo Nordisk US remembers education Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB), Chemical Biology in the Dervan Lab Caltech Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, biotechnology and drug discovery Sanofi, and research innovation at the hub of industry, government, academia, and venture capital heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

John Eiler of Caltech GPS recounts upbringing in Madison, geology University of Iowa, geochemistry UW–Madison Science, pivoting from field work to building precision instrumentation, and the goal to capture and assess every isotopic variety in the universe heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Mike Gazzaniga of UC Santa Barbara discusses split-brain research Caltech, appointments NYU Psychology and Weill Cornell Medicine, the origin of cognitive neuroscience, and a research career exploring the biological basis of perception and its ethical ramifications heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Serena Guarnaschelli describes education Università Bocconi, behavioral economics Caltech, client relationships at McKinsey and Company, international development Dalberg, and the world of impact investing and sustainability @KOISofficial heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Jim Blinn, retired from Microsoft Design, recalls college Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan, texture mapping University of Utah, computer animation NASA JPL for ARCHIVED - NASA Voyager, partnering with Lucasfilm and Carl Sagan, and his abiding commitment to #scienceeducation heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Steve Beckwith of Berkeley Astronomy recounts undergrad Cornell AEP, the excitement of infrared astronomy Caltech, faculty appointment CornellArts&Sciences, leadership Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie and University of California, and current focus on the #originoflife heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Peter Quinn of UWA Research recalls college UOW, colliding galaxies Science & Medicine at ANU, postdoc Caltech with Thorne and Goldreich, appointments Space Telescope Science Institute and ESO, focus of #axion research, and a career-long effort to unlock the mystery of dark matter heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Jeff Gelles of Brandeis Life Sci and Brandeis Science recounts undergrad MCB_Harvard, thesis on electron transport and proton pumping Caltech Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, postdoc focus on #kinesin, and setting up a research lab to pursue the biological functions of molecular machines heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

M.G. Finn of GT (Bio)chemistry describes chemical kinetics Caltech Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, the origins of #clickchemistry with Barry Sharpless MIT Chemistry, faculty appointments UVA Chemistry and Scripps Research, and working with viruses at the interface of chemistry and biology heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Peter Armentrout of Utah Chemistry recounts undergrad Case Western Reserve, uranium research Caltech Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, postdoc at Bell Labs, appointment College of Chemistry, and a wide ranging research purview in transition metal chemistry and the gas phase of solvated ions heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Vince Riley, Equipment Manager for Caltech Beavers, describes upbringing in Pasadena, excelling in football and baseball, career start PCC Athletics, the days when Caltech had a football program, and the importance of athletics in college education heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…