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We help research leaders create better teams and achieve better results. Your hosts Christine Hendren (Ph.D.) and Matt Hotze (Ph.D.) have over twenty-five years around academia as journal editors, research center directors and research scientists. We've seen and heard the problems research leaders f...
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Insights from Our Academic Big Brother - Mark Wiesner
In this final episode of the show we sat down with our advisor Mark Wiesner. Mark is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a long time D...
Courtney Gardner Part Deux
Courtney joined us in episode 6 as she was driving across the country to her new position at Washington State University. She rejoined us so we could...
Reach your Research Goals by Building the Best Teams
We take stock of the past 32 episodes and plot a course for future episodes of the show. We both work in roles where we help integrate teams and enabl...
Better Onboarding Onto Your Team
Creating your own style as a team leader means gathering the best ideas that are out there and adapting them to your personality. We asked 9 different...
How to Apply New Technologies in the Classroom to Engage Your Students- Helium Podcast Episode 31
Too much technology and you overwhelm the students and yourself. However, today's students are digital natives and may expect a different approach to...
Transforming Your Teaching in Small Steps
How do you obtain the first experiences in the classroom? How do you learn the vocabulary you need to discuss your teaching experience? As host of the...
Design or Redesign a Course From Start to Finish
As an early career faculty member you are often called upon to design or redesign a course. This can be something faculty dread as a distraction from...
Boosting Cognitive Processes By Learning More About Your Mind And Meditation
Your brain creates your mind which creates your experience. It determines your happiness levels and your ability to make new discoveries. But how well...
27 - How More Voices Strengthen Scholarship: Perspectives From a First Generation Academic
Dr. Olivia Aguilar, Associate Professor at Denison University, joined the show to talk about her wide ranging experiences. How tough is the tenure pro...
26 - Increasing Your Impact Beyond Impact Factor
When you think to yourself, how do I make a bigger impact with my research? Are you lost about where to start? It was great to host Mark Reed, host of...
25 - Towards Professional Joy
How do make space for the joy in your career? Early on it feels like you must say yes to anything and everything but as Dr. Emily Bernhardt explains i...
24 - How to Create High Quality Human Interaction in Your Research Group
Is it possible that graduate school transformed you into a less human version of yourself? Are you prepared to handle all humans that will be in your...
23 : An Inside Perspective on Collaboration and Funding with Government Agencies
What are some ways that university researchers can build relationships for collaboration and funding at mission driven government agencies? Gayle Hagl...
Episode 22 Rittman Stepping Up to Leadership
How do you have to step up your ability to be outgoing in certain situations when you are working in academia? You might not expect a person in the Na...
21- Unlocking Undergraduate Research Power with Karen Dannemiller
Do you want to start working with undergraduates in your research group? Dr. Dannemiller shared her process on how to interview them for the job and d...
Take Your Research Conference Travel and Planning Off Of Autopilot
As researchers we can spend a good part of the year traveling to and attending conferences. How do you step back and make the most of that time by mak...
Nurturing Industry Relationships for Research Sponsorship, Collaboration and Student Mentoring
Dr. Richard Huysmans joined the show to discuss how to develop and nurture relationships with industry. These relationships will lead to more well-rou...
Episode 18 - How to find enjoyable and generous relationships with senior faculty when you are just starting out
Dr. Beth Calhoun joined the show to discuss when and how to navigate out of bad relationships with senior faculty. How to avoid the confidence traps s...
Episode 17 - Reprograming Your Technology Relationships to Regain and Maximize Your Most Creative Self
Is your brain more important than your teeth? Do you have daily mental hygiene habits? Author Matthew Kent joined us for this episode based where we d...
Career Success Through Focusing on Fundamentals and Perceptive Pivots
As an early career researcher how do you transition from covering multiple research areas to focusing and becoming the expert in a specific area? Greg...
Episode 15 - How do you play to your students' strengths for maximum engagement and productivity?
You'll hear about how to build a research group through careful recruiting, listening to students and letting go of what is out of your control. Greg...
Episode 14- Opening Doors for Students by Celebrating PhD Career Path Diversity
Maren Wood and Jen Polk from Beyond the Professoriate joined us to talk about how mentors can open doors for graduate students and enable them to expl...
Episode 13 - Follow Your Own Compass, Show the World Who You Wish You Were
Mentoring is a big part of the conversation in this second half of our interview with Thomas Seager. The conversation also spanned scales from the day...
Episode 12 - Incentives and Measures of Academic Success
What are the incentives and measures of academic success? What are your measures of success? Do these align or will you need to decide what is importa...
Episode 11 - Investing in Deep Listening with Oscar Trimboli
Listening is fundamental to what we do in academia, we take the information and progress of others and build upon that. Yet, listening is never formal...
Episode 10 - Curious Mentorship - Leadership Grounded in Listening
Caren Weinhouse was starting a new position at Oregon Health & Science University. Before she left her postdoc she wanted to capture a graduate studen...
Episode 9 - Peer Review Integrity: Mentoring Early Career Researchers
Gary McDowell and Becki Lijek from the Future of Research joined us for conversation about better practices around peer review processes. We learned a...
Episode 8 - Dr. Nina Vance: Big Wins and Lessons Learned
Professor Nina Vance from the University of Colorado joined us to talk about the thought process of becoming a professor. She describes her tortuous p...
Episode 7 - Time Management Meets Reality
Sarah K. Peck joined us for a show about the realities of time management. Sarah has some great advice about learning what to let go from your life an...
Episode 6 - A Leap into Professorship Part 1 with Courtney Gardner
Dr. Gardner talks with us about what she anticipates as she enters a new professorship. She has plans in place for how she would like to mentor, creat...
Episode 5 - Thrive in a Noisy World with Shannon Guild
Shannon talks about how to distill the message of who you are, what you do, and why it matters. She also emphasizes how to think about your center, gr...
Episode 4 - Research Proposals for Mission Driven Agencies
Dr. David Jassby joined us to share advice for academics who want to explore funding from mission driven agencies in the United States. He talks about...
Episode 3 - Practical Advice for Mentors from the Graduate Student Perspective
Dr. Katy Peplin joined us to share advice for professors who want to be better mentors to graduate students and graduate students who want to be bette...
Episode 2 - Creating a Vision for You and Your Research Group
Dr. Jose Cerrato joins us to talk about developing a vision for you and your research group. How does starting with you help inform your strategic dec...
Episode 1 - Introducing Helium Podcast - Elevating Research Leadership
Welcome to Helium Podcast. If you are a professor or a scientist who struggles to stop wasting precious time we would like to be your guides to a more...