The ScienDist Science Communication Podcast
By Dr. Akram Al-Wahabi
Informal: Dip your toe into the waters of academia before stepping into the academia pool. If you're already in Academia, hear about other people's experiences to remind yourself that it can always get worse 😂.
The ScienDist Science Communication PodcastOct 20, 2023
I’m losing faith in humanity
youtu.be/4idQbwsvtUo?si=b3rzwlvk6iX_IFV_
037 PhD program for fat people???
Thanks for listening to the Podcast!!!
If you want to be on one of the episodes, DM me on my social media links!
• Website: thesciendist.com
• Instagram: @the.sciendist
• Podcast webpage: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesciendist
https://www.reddit.com/r/PhD/comments/170loz2/phd_opportunity_for_fat_people/
https://www.reddit.com/r/PhD/comments/170i4pw/i_work_less_than_40_hrsweek/
https://www.reddit.com/r/PhD/comments/170cm2u/colleague_made_me_cry_while_presenting/
036 Burnt out during PhD
Thank you for listening to the podcast!
Here are the links to today's subjects.
Stay positive, and always take care of your mental health, guys!
https://www.reddit.com/r/PhD/comments/16s3nwm/i_felt_really_burnt_out_in_lab_today_and_my_pi/
035 Hypnosis, Bioactive Materials and Quitting Your PhD Program
In today's episode, we talk about hypnosis in dental treatments, a bioactive material for implants, and the story of someone who might have just quit their PhD in their 3rd semester!
Cover Art from:
sketchingscience @ X(Twitter), Instagram, Facebook
Links Below:
https://www.drbicuspid.com/dental-specialties/orofacial-pain/alternative-pain-therapies/article/15379569/can-hypnosis-relieve-acute-dental-pain
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0300571222002408?via%3Dihub
https://www.dental-tribune.com/news/graphene-coating-that-releases-antibacterial-acid-prevents-formation-of-biofilm-on-dental-implants/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-89452-5
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7966620/
https://www.reddit.com/r/PhD/comments/16ks7fv/decided_to_quit_my_phd/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
034 The light at the end of the tunnel
- Reddit Post https://www.reddit.com/r/PhD/comments/16502mk/in_the_process_of_recovering_from_my_phd_want_to/
- Comics about PhD life: https://phdcomics.com/comics.php
- Andy Stapleton video. Academia is BROKEN. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUGznJYtXbU
- The article discussing mental health among graduate students. https://bhacjournal.org/index.php/BHAC/article/view/9332/7893 -
Articles shared in the episode:
# https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58038752
# https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-artificial-intelligence-dentists-health-care/
# https://fortune.com/well/2023/07/21/best-time-to-brush-your-teeth/
My Contacts
Website: thesciendist.com
Instagram: @the.sciendist
Podcast webpage: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesciendist
033 The PhD Commandments
032 Food supplements and empty promises - Dr. Wanping AW
Join us today for a second interview with Dr. Wanping AW as we talk about the false claims made by some people working for certain food supplement sellers. We'll discuss how these claims create unrealistic expectations regarding the benefits of these supplements.
Dr. Wanping contacts:
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.jp/citations?user=7hPgbt4AAAAJ&hl=en
Company website: www.tokudaw.com
031 Evolution research - Dr. Thomas Hitchcock
Thomas's contacts:
www.tjhitchcock.com/
twitter.com/imprintedgene
030 Exploring authentic Japan through food - Dr. Wanping AW
Join us today as I interview Dr. Wanping AW, our special guest. Discover her fascinating journey from Singapore to Japan and her remarkable story of obtaining a Ph.D. in nutrition. Driven by a deep love for food, she has channeled her passion into assisting tourists in uncovering Japan's hidden gems and immersing themselves in the country's splendor.
Dr. Wanping contacts:
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.jp/citations?user=7hPgbt4AAAAJ&hl=en
Company website: www.tokudaw.com
029 The ScienDist X Tokyo Nerd Nite
I will be presenting about the podcast in Tokyo Nerd Nite!
If you are in Tokyo on the 19th of May, join me and others at the World Peace Theatre in Kawasaki.
Details in the link below:
https://tokyo.nerdnite.com/
028 - Iran to Japan, a PhD Journey - Dr. Shiva Jafarnia
027 In the US for the first time in 8 YEARS !
In today's episode, I talk about visiting the US, attending the AADOCR meeting, and spending a couple of days in LA.
026 The ups and downs of PhD with Ms. Ria Chopra
Instagram: @phdwhodances
025 The truth about Academia - Dr. Andy Stapleton
Today, our guest is Dr. Andy Stapleton. His background is in Chemistry, where he did his post-grad studies and postdoc. But he decided to take on a totally different direction, allowing him to talk to and help thousands of people who need accurate advice.
Dr. Andy Stapleton's Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@DrAndyStapleton
024 The Human side of research and Academia - Dr. Zulema Arias
Today's guest is Dr. Zulema. She is a Bolivian dentist and is now working n Okayama university here in Japan as an assistant professor. She mentions many things that resonated with me and I am sure many people in the research world would relate to what she said. . . . I hope you enjoy this one 😉
Dr. Zulema's contact:
www.linkedin.com/in/zulema-rosalia-arias-martinez-58221447/
zuarias@gmail.com
024 No response from my PI, what do I do ?
Welcome to another installment of No BS BTS of Ph.D. life!!!! Today we talk about how busy are the PIs / professors and how often can we send them reminders about things we want from them!
Link to the Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAcademia/comments/zlz1ro/my_pi_doesnt_respond_to_my_textsemails/
023 Stealing Your Hard work!!!
Welcome to another installment of No BS BTS of Ph.D. life!!!! Today we talk about how you make sure not to fall into the trap of having your hard work stolen from you!
Link to the Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAcademia/comments/ze6evk/can_you_publish_a_paper_excluding_one_of_the/
022 When Art and Science merge - Ella Marushchenko
She is an artist that specializes in Scientific Illustration. She designed the covers of many top scientific journals, such as :
Nature, Cell, Advanced Materials, Biomaterials Science, and many others.
Ella's contacts:
scientific-illustrations.com/
www.instagram.com/ella_maru/
021 Getting Bullied into a PhD program?
Welcome to another installment of No BS BTS of Ph.D. life (I mess the name up during the podcast, sorry about that).
Today I bring you another story from Reddit. The Redditor mentions being bullied by the supervisor and, on top of the bullying, being asked to join the Ph.D. program? can you believe it? Weird, right?
Link to the Reddit post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAcademia/comments/p83j5y/whats_the_craziest_shit_that_happened_to_you_in/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
020 How PhD changes you - Dr. Citra Kusumasari
Today I interview Dr. Citra Kusumasari who is a lecturer in the department of conservative dentistry at the University of Indonesia. She got her Ph.D. from TMDU in Japan before moving back to Indonesia and continuing her career in Education.
Dr. Citra Contact:
https://www.instagram.com/citra_kusumasari/
019 Why am I broke? I have a PhD! doesn't that mean anything?
Welcome to another episode of the ScienDist Podcast, today we talk about how to avoid being broke for a long time after finishing your Ph.D.
You love science, and that’s a good thing, but you gotta be ready for what life throws at you.😉
018 💩 positions - NO BS behind the scenes of Ph.D. Life
017 Communicating science with HipHop - Mr. Maynard Okereke (HipHop MD)
Today's guest is Mr. Maynard Okereke. He graduated with a civil engineering degree but chose science communication as a career path, and at least in my opinion, he made such a great impact by making science so relatable and fun.
Mr. Maynard's contacts:
https://www.hiphopscienceshow.com
https://www.instagram.com/hiphopscienceshow/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maynardokereke/
HipHopScienceShow@gmail.com
016 Why is Japan a dream place to work for civil engineers? - Dr. Mauro Simao
Today, our guest is Dr. Mauro Simao. He got his Civil Engineering bachelor's degree from the High Institute of transportation and communications back in Mozambique and his master's and Ph.D. from Kobe University in Japan. He is now working with Vector Renewables Japan as a technical advisor.
Dr. Mauro Simao's contacts:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauro-ricardo-sim%C3%A3o-5807624a/
Email: mauro.simao@hotmail.com
015 Dr. Sherif Adel - Balancing science and art
Dr. Sherif Adel's contacts:
twitter.com/Barbatoze
www.barbatoze.com/
014 Dr. Thilina Heenatigala - From astronomy to science communication
Today, our guest is Dr. Thilina Heenatigala. He is a science communicator with a background in astronomy. He is now the Director of Communications at the Earth-Life Science Institute in Tokyo. His story about how he got interested in astronomy and then moved into science communication is quite intriguing. If you watch the interview, you will see how a simple act of promoting science - especially to the younger generation - can make a person become so interested and engaged in the subject that they build their career around it.
Dr. Thilina Heenatigala's contacts:
https://twitter.com/ThilinaH
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thilinaheenatigala/
013 Dr Maryam Alkubati - Letting go of machines (IT) to work with people (social studies)
012 Dr. Hani Al Shareif - From carpenting to cancer research
Today our guest is Dr. Hani Al-Shareef Dr. Hani is a personal friend of mine and you can see that he was one of the main reasons I came to Japan. He graduated from Sana University which is the same university I graduated from and got his Ph.D. from Osaka University, He has been researching cancer for almost 10 years now and published many papers in this field. Dr. Hani's story is very interesting and in today's episode, you will hear from him how he started from working as a carpenter to being a researcher in one of Japan's top research universities.
Dr. Hani Contacts:
Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hani-al-shareef-406695bb/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/hani3008
011 Dr. Rodi Abdalkader - Research with magic cells (iPSCs)
Today our guest is Dr. Rodi Abdulkader He graduated from Damascus University, College of Pharmacy, and then moved to Japan to get his Master's and Ph.D. from Kyoto University, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Japan. Now, he is an assistant professor at Ritsumeikan University after working at Kyoto University as an assistant professor, too. He has great experience in both the academic field as well as the industry where he worked as a research scientist with Rhoto Pharmaceuticals. He will share with us his experience doing research and his insight about changing the process of working with a different topic of research than the one might be used to.
Dr. Rodi Abdulkader LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodi-abdalkader-920a6186/
010 Dr. Eugene Shumilov - Harnessing Ai (Artificial Intelligence) ability to support dentists
Today, our guest is Dr. Eugene Shumilov. He is a medical doctor who worked for various dental manufacturers like 3M and Kavo. He is now the co-founder and CSO of Diagnocat which is an AI-driven assistant tool for various dental office tasks.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/evgenyshumilov/
www.linkedin.com/company/diagnocat/
https://diagnocat.com/
009 Dr. Sari Jammo - The origins of funeral rituals and the importance of anthropology
Dr. Sari is an anthropologist who graduated from the University of Aleppo and then moved to Japan to get his Master's and Ph.D. from the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Now, he is doing his 2nd postdoc at the University of Tsukuba after finishing his first postdoc at the University of Tokyo. In today's episode, we go through a lot of interesting subjects that revolve around anthropology and its relation to our current time, some practices that our ancestors used to make, and some interesting findings of some of the things we use on a daily bases.
The Mishima Kaiun Memorial Foundation. The application is only in Japanese. https://www.mishima-kaiun.or.jp/
The manga and other booklets can be downloaded from Sari's academic.edu page https://tsukuba.academia.edu/SariJammo
008 Dr. Nezar Al-Hebshi - Humans having more micro organisms than cells/ research life: Yemen to US
Dr. Nezar is a dentist; he graduated from the University of Science and Technology in Yemen in 1999 and got his Ph.D. from Bergen University in Norway in 2005. He is now the Co-director of the Oral Microbiome Research Laboratory; and an associate professor at Temple University's Kornberg School of Dentistry in Pennsylvania.
In today's episode, he will share with us information about the exciting research he is doing and some of the challenges he faced during the different stages of his career. As a faculty member, he shares valuable information about what is expected of Ph.D. students and postdocs when they apply for positions and the things that could increase their chances of being accepted into these postgraduate programs.
Contact:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nezar-al-hebshi-048b8a3a/
007 Maha Mahyub - Helping find broken machines and a different perspective on post graduate studies
Hi guys, today I am interviewing Ms. Maha Mahyub
Maha is a Ph.D. student at Tsukuba University in Japan and she is a part-time employee at AIST
She did her bachelors in Jordan from the University of Petra and she has very unique ideas and a different perspective on how to proceed with post-graduate studies, so I encourage you to listen to the podcast to the end.
Maha's contact:
email: mahamahyub@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maha-mahyub-380595141/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikoindaahouse/
006 Dr. Christina El saaidi - Public health research, war, and learning from different cultures
Today I interviewed Dr. Christina El saaidi - Public health research, war, and learning from different cultures.
Today's episode links:
Dr. Christina El saaidi contacts
e-mail: Christina.elsaaidi@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-el-saaidi-27675644
005 Dr. Bektur Ryskeldiev - Science fiction related research and human cyborgs technology
Today I interviewed Dr. Bektur Ryskeldiev and we talked about his passion for mechanical keyboards, human Cyborgs, and doing research that is inspired by science fiction.
Today's episode links:
Youtube: https://youtu.be/IIJ3cfqifek
Podcasts: @ScienDist
Dr. Bektur Ryskeldiev contacts
https://apolotary.com/
Insta: @apolotary
Twitter: @rbektour
Wikipedia links to things we mentioned in the podcast:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainport
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmetropolitan
004 Dr. Mahmoud Sayed - to stay or not to stay in the lab? - The ScienDist Interviews
Today I interviewed Dr. Mahmoud Sayed and we talked about his Ph.D. life, a new old material for restoring teeth, and whether or not you should be spending your time in the lab 😁😜
Today's episode links:
Youtube: https://youtu.be/UQY32xG57Es
Podcasts: @ScienDist
Dr. Mahoud Sayed contacts
Insta: @muha.sayed11
Facebook: @mahmoud.elsayed.77
003 SciComm Sunday - Mental Health and Burnout
In today's episode, we will check an article that I saw on Dr. Bicuspid that discusses mental Health and Burnout which are very crucial subjects and are experienced by everyone not just in Academia. So, Subscribe and follow if you haven't already and let's get to the podcast!
Burnout article on drbicuspid.com
https://www.drbicuspid.com/index.aspx?sec=sup&sub=pmt&pag=dis&ItemID=328376&wf=3372
Article in JADA
https://jada.ada.org/article/S0002-8177(21)00132-X/fulltext
Mental Health support websites:
Japan:
US:
https://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help
To contact me, Instagram @the.sciendist Twitter @ScienDist
002 How to prepare for your PhD in STEM? 5 (6) things I wish I knew before starting my PhD
001 SciComm Sunday - The future of dentistry is painless and digital
ScienDist Trailer
This is Akram and thank you for listening to the ScienDist podcast.
In this podcast, I will be sharing stories from people who are either scientists or have jobs that are related to science. We won't just hear the success stories but we will be diving into the difficulties that they had and how did they manage to overcome the obstacles that they faced.
Life for scientists and especially PhDs students can be quite difficult and there are might be some times when it feels like you are drowning and there is no way out so I would like to shed some light on that by sharing the tips and tools that helped me and other people I know graduate and finish our Ph.D. programs and hopefully would help you too if you were in a similar situation.
Last but not least I will be sharing some science news on a what I would like to call SciComm Sundays,
there I will be sharing interesting science stories that I found on the internet.
You can find related information about this podcast by finding me on Twitter @ScienDist
I am looking forward to connecting with everyone and sharing helpful stories and interesting scientific information and news.
The Start of a new chapter: The ScienDist
In this episode, I speak about changing the direction of the podcast. Unfortunately, I was not able to keep the episodes coming with the previous format however, I believe this change is going to be for the best and I hope and count on your support. Looking forward to remembering this as the start of a great thing that I built.
Moved from the US to Japan to be a content creator with @masatanahashi (P.O.E.P. 006)
Masa is a very talented content creator, he talks about his journey into the world of media making. I hope you enjoy!
From comedy and comics to photography and directing with Marwan Imam (POEP 05)
From a content creator that actually does this for a living . . . the real deal . . . the Onlywarman . . . Marwan Imam. In this episode, he talks about his work and his approach to film photography . . . I hope you enjoy . .
Instagram isn't the only way with @makkusu.photo
Today is a special episode, just for the podcast, and is not posted on youtube. Max from Germany is our special guest for today and he explains his unique take on photography and why he does not see Instagram as a necessity for his photography. There is another episode coming, too so stay tuned.
The journey of a photographer with @_ippoippo_photography_ (P.O.E.P 004)
Today's guest is Gavin from the UK. We talked about his photography background, the different camera systems, his photography process, and also his printing protocol. All in all a very informational episode. I hope you enjoy it.
Cinematic street photography with @apolotary (P.O.E.P. 001)
Today's guest is Bektur. He cinematic street pictures and in today's episode, he talks about his workflow and his editing style. Hope you enjoy it!
Outdoor photography with @mccann_compositions (P.O.E.P. 002)
Today's guest is Travis Warner Travis Warner from Michigan US. He has some amazing outdoor shots and in today's episode, he talks about his workflow and his editing style. Hope you enjoy it!
