Ep 17. Putting Science to Work for Society: A Visit to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

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Chemistry at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ranges from testing how nanoparticles help plants grow to determining what kind of poison was placed in someone's coffee. In this episode, we interview Dr. Jason White, Vice Director of Analytical Chemistry at the CAES and our newest collaborator in the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology.

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(Dr. Jason White planting eggplants at the Connecticut Agricultural Research Station. (image by Jan Ellen Spiegel, used with permission from Undark Magazine))

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Dr. Jason White
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Undark magazine: In Connecticut, a Nanoscale Agricultural Experiment With Global Potential by Jan Ellen Spiegel
Michael Crichton's novel Prey
Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology

Interviewee: Dr. Jason White

Interviewers: Natalie Hudson-Smith and Jaya Borgatta

Producer/Host: Miriam Krause

Music: Ketsa and Dexter Britain

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