Ask a Nobel Scientist: 2022 Bay Area Winners in Chemistry and Physics Take Your Questions

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🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Two Bay Area scientists have won the 2022 Nobel Prize. Stanford’s Carolyn Bertozzi is one of just eight women to ever win the prize in chemistry (out of 189 total winners). The Nobel committee described her as “an inspiration for women and queer people in STEM.” John Clauser, now 79 years old, received the prize in physics for research he conducted 50 years ago on quantum entanglement - research that he says was considered irrelevant at the time, but has since provided the foundation for quantum computation and quantum communication. Bertozzi and Clauser join Forum to talk about their work and take your science questions. Guests: Dr. John Clauser, winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in physics Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; professor, Stanford University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.8	The Nobel Prizes were announced this week, and Bay Area Maximilists had to be excited.
1:05.3	We have two winners in our area, Carolyn Bertosi in chemistry and John Klauser in physics.
1:11.5	We're going to spend the hour talking about their science and taking your questions for
1:14.8	these eminent scientists.
1:16.6	Bertosi won her share of the prize for her groundbreaking work at the boundary of chemistry
1:20.7	and biology.
1:21.7	She's one of only a handful of women to win the chemistry prize.
1:24.9	Klauser, for his part, won his Nobel for his work on quantum entanglement
1:28.5	that his advisors at Columbia and Berkeley told him would ruin his career in physics. Their stories
1:34.4	are coming up next after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. There are few moments that it's more fun to imagine than winning a Nobel Prize.
1:56.5	Usually awarded years or even decades after the work. It is the ultimate capstone for a life
2:02.1	dedicated to research. So let's just revel in that to start the show. Joining us, we've got two
2:07.2	scientists who won Nobel Prizes last week. Carolyn Bertosi is a chemistry professor at Stanford
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