Science Innovation Tour

My guest for this episode is Leopold König, founder of CustomCells, a spinoff from Fraunhofer Institute. Customcells started with two enthusiastic innovators back in 2012 expanding to more than 100 employees now, leading the supply of special lithium-ion battery technologies. (Episode art by Cristina Gottardi)

My guest in this episode is Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director of Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction. She talks us through some fascinating case studies: from monitoring the health of a 150 year old bridge to using digital twining to improve air quality. Listen to this episode if you are interested in smart infrastructure and its effect in our way of living.

Based in California,Cody Finke, Founder of Brimstone energy, talk us through the sources of CO2 emissions and reviews current renewable energy sources to combat climate change. Listen to this episode to understand the challenges ahead of achieving a zero carbon future. (Episode art by Robson Hatsukami Morgan )

This episode is our first one in Stockholm; and the second one focused on metallic additive manufacturing. My guest, Dr Sasan Dadbakhsh is a scholar in KTH Royal institute of technology, focused on finding the right 3d printing process for various materials and applications. Listen to this episode which is an overview of activities in metallic AM along with current innovations developed via academic technology push or industrial market pull. (Thanks to Victor Vazquez for episode Art)

Dr Ralf Wagner, CEO of E-Lyte Innovations GmbH (https://e-lyte-innovations.de) is my guest for this episode. His company is focused on designing innovative electrolytes for bespoke applications. He explains some of the various routes of innovations in renewable energy and why he has chosen electrolyte solutions to be the focus of his company in-between all the technologies available in the field of renewable energy (Thanks to Achim Ruhnau for the episode Art)

This episode is focused on Behavioural Science. My guest, Jez Groom, is a scholar at City University, CEO of Cowry consulting (cowryconsulting.com) and the author of ‘Ripple - The big effects of small behaviour changes in business’. Not only he helps us choose the right car! using behavioural science; but also talk us through plenty of more examples that can help businesses winning customers and enrich employee experience. (Thanks to Nick Jio for the episode Art)

We are back to Zurich, talking to Dr Alessandro Ofner! He is the CEO of Microcaps (https://www.microcaps.ch), currently scaling up a patented technology enabling economical mass manufacture of target drug delivery systems. This novel material processing technology is a revolution in micro-encapsulation industry, enabling manufacturing of controlled release drugs, fragrances and flavours (Thanks to Rico Reutimann for episode art)

Brenden Kumarasamy is a business transformation consultant at IBM, assisting businesses with Human Resources consultancy. He is also the founder of Master Talk (https://www.mastertalk.ca), an organisation focused on helping people to master their communication skills. Listen to my chat with him in this episode; since it is full of practical tips for communicating complex scientific contents either when presenting in-person or via video conference. (Thanks to Chester Wade for episode Art)

This episode is focused on Metallic 3d printing (Additive Manufacturing). My guest, Melody Mojib is the right person to give us an overview of Metallic Additive Manufacturing (AM). In addition to her industrial experience at Stratasys, she is currently carrying out cutting-edge AM research at University of Washington. Listen to this episode, if you are interested to know the opportunities and challenges with this processing technology. (Thanks to Tobias Keller for this episode Art)

This episode is all about renewable energies and energy storage. My guest, Dr Federico Pesci argues the importance of developments in energy storage to have a green planet. He is a scholar in Imperial College London, working in the boundary of physics, chemistry and materials science to overcome current challenges with commercialising solid state batteries as a superior alternative to our current liquid based lithium batteries. (Thanks to Jan Kalvza for the episode art)