Under the Microscope podcast
Conversations with researchers working at the micron scale and below, hosted by Dr. Pranoti Kshirsagar.
About Under the Microscope
Under the Microscope is the flagship podcast of The Science Talk, bringing the people and ideas shaping materials science and nanoscience to a wider audience.
Produced and hosted by Dr. Pranoti Kshirsagar, with a PhD materials and nanoscience and over a 15 years of experience in research and innovation, the podcast puts scientists—not just their discoveries—at the centre of the conversation.
Each episode features a leading scientist working in materials science or nanoscience. Through in-depth, accessible conversations, we explore their research, groundbreaking discoveries, the challenges behind their work, and the stories that shaped their scientific journey.
The goal is simple: to make exceptional science visible, understandable, and connected to the people behind it.
Under the Microscope is independently produced and self-funded by Dr. Pranoti Kshirsagar.
Latest episodes
3D Microscopy at the Speed of Life
Humeyra Caglayan
Eindhoven University of Technology, Tampere University
Industrial Fermentation: Biofuels, Bioreactors, Microorganisms
Krist V. Gernaey
Technical University of Denmark
Graphene Straintronics - Prague to Production
Martin Rejhon
Institute of Physics of Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University
Quantum dots, Quantum light, Future of communication, QuanTour
Anna Musiał
Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Multi qubit devices, Crystal phase quantum dots, Quantum secure communication, QuanTour
Nika Akopian
DTU — Technical University of Denmark
NanoFrazor, High temperature thermal Lithography, Precision at nanoscale
Elisa Riedo
New York University
Site controlled quantum dots, QuanTour, Future technologies
Emanuele Pelucchi
Tyndall National Institute-University College Cork
Attosecond technology, Ultra fast light pulses, Flash photography
Francesca Calegari
DESY, Hamburg Universität
High efficiency quantum photon sources, Quandela, QuanTour
Pascale Senellart-Mardon
Université Paris-Saclay
Hot Single Photons for Quantum Communications, QuanTour
Carlos Antós Solanas
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Plasma & laser based compact particle accelerators
Jens Osterhoff
Deputy Director, BELLA Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Chocolate Chips & Relaxed Quantum Dots
Armando Rastelli
Institute of Semiconductor and Solid State Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz
Devilish Details of Nanoscale Interfaces
Narayanan T N
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, India
Phase Change Materials-from DVDs to Tunable Photonics
Ann-Katrin Michel
at ETH Zurich until end of March, at TU Eindhoven from May on
Want to be a guest, or work with the podcast?
I work with researchers, research institutions, and EIC/Horizon Europe-funded companies on science communication, podcast production, and grant dissemination.
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