Chemically Speaking Podcast

Join Dr Matt Griffith every month as he chats with three guests blazing exciting new trails in our labs and industries. If you want to understand how Chemistry is solving the biggest problems facing humanity, then this is the podcast for you.

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Meet our Chemically Speaking Podcast team 

Podcast Host: Dr Matt Griffith
Podcast Editor: Diana Eloise Bibay
Podcast Producer : Sahil Rana

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• Episode 1 | Changing the Chemistry of Leadership | February 2021
  • Join Dr Matthew Griffith as he chats with Victoria’s first female professor Professor Emeritus Frances Separovic, drug discovery expert Assistant Professor Danielle Skropeta  and Envirolab’s founding and managing director Tania Notaras about the key moments in their journeys to overcome diversity challenges and create a new style of leadership.  
• Episode 2 | Plastics: Positive or Problematic? | March 2021
  •  Join Dr Matt Griffith and his guests, polymer chemist Yvonne Mah, industrial catalysis and sustainability pioneer, Thomas Maschmeyer, and environmental scientist Christie O'Neill, as they discuss how Australia's chemists are solving the problem of plastic waste. 
• Episode 3 | Water Quality and Management | April 2021
• Episode 4 | Careers in Chemistry | May 2021
• Episode 5 | Science Meets Sport | June 2021
• Episode 6 | The Pathway to Gender Balance | July 2021
• Episode 7 | The Chemistry Behind Emotion | August 2021