42: The Perks of Following an Untraditional Path as an MSE (ft. Dr. Zina Cinker)

While there is a great deal of interesting research that gives a glimpse of what the technologies of the future will be, many challenges we face today go unnoticed by the scientific community. Thus, the communication between policy makers and the scientific community is essential in tackling these challenges and finding the existing technologies that will solve those problems.

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Today’s guest is Dr. Zina Cinker, the Chief Creator of PUZZLE X and the Director General at AMPT, the Advanced Material Future Preparedness Taskforce. In this episode, she dives into bridging materials science and policy.

In this conversation, we discuss the following topics:

• What factors played a role in her decision to follow an untraditional path after school
• How Puzzle X connects frontier materials with entrepreneurship and UN Sustainable Development Goals
• The importance of bridging communication between scientists and policymakers
• Graphene’s properties and future applications
• Advice for MSEs who want to follow a path less traveled in their career

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