Just-questions

We conducted a school outreach as a part of the ESA and NSW OEH outreach award in 2016. This is an interview with 3 of the school children involved in the outreach. You can read about the project here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/aec.12836

For this last episode I spoke to Lauren of Penn state University. It is a PhD student's perspective of asking research questions. I hope to make a different podcast series. Hope you liked this series. Links: https://twitter.com/laurenquevillon Music credits: Escapism by Eva Schlegel (freemusicarchive.org)

This episode I talk to Chi Yun Kuo of Duke University. We talk about biomechanics questions and a post-doc perspective of asking research questions. Links: https://www.chiyunkuo.com/about/ Music credits: Escapism by Eva Schlegel (freemusicarchive.org)

This episode I talk to Heather Campbell of University of Pretoria. We talk about questions and a post-doc perspective of asking research questions. Links: https://scienceheather.wordpress.com Music credits: Escapism by Eva Schlegel (freemusicarchive.org)

This episode, I talk to an evolutionary biologist and a famous myrmecologist, Jack Longino. We talk about his initial questions and research projects, natural history, and some good advice on asking research questions. Music credits: Escapism by Eva Schlegel (freemusicarchive.org) Links https://sites.google.com/site/longinoantlab/ https://www.biology.utah.edu/people/details.php?id=1837

This episode, I talk to an exceptional science communicator and a bug scientist, James O' Hanlon. We talk about science communication, fieldwork, and some good advice on asking research questions. Check out his podcast, videos and other cool stuff from the links below. https://insituscience.com https://jamesohanlonresearch.wordpress.com Music credits: Escapism by Eva Schlegel (freemusicarchive.org)

This episode I talk to Madhur Mangalam, a cool and interesting primate behavioral biologist. We talk about his questions on tool use in monkeys, humans, and more. Links http://psychology.uga.edu/directory/madhur-mangalam Music credits:Escapism by Eva Schlegel (freemusicarchive.org)

This episode we Kate Parr, a funky ant scientist. We talk about her community ecology work, her pet ideas, and more about questions. Links http://funkyant.weebly.com Credits Music credits:Escapism by Eva Schlegel (freemusicarchive.org) Kate’s profile pic from her website

This episode we have Andrew Suarez, a very friendly ant biologist. We talk about his Master’s research question, different approaches to science, and all about questions. Links http://www.life.illinois.edu/suarez/ Credits Music credits: Escapism by Eva Schlegel (freemusicarchive.org) Andy’s profile pic from his website

This episode we have Simon, one of the interesting ant biologists down under! We talk about his questions, what makes a good question, how there is no one way to succeed in science and more… Links https://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/simon.robson/ Credits Music credits: Escapism by Eva Schlegel (freemusicarchive.org) Sound effects from soundbible.com Simon’s profile pic from his website

Marc This episode, we have Marc Seid, a funny neuroethologist. We talk about how his research interests changed over time, his favourite ideas and, as usual, what makes a good question. Links: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marc_Seid Credits: Summary voice-over: Franne, Brian, and Jenny Music credits: Escapism by Eva Schlegel (freemusicarchive.org) Sound effects from soundbible.com

This episode we have Neil Tsutsui, a chemical ecologist who studies how ants ‘talk’ using chemicals. We talk about his initial research question, varied interests, invasive ant chemical communication and advice for asking research questions. Links: http://scheckek.wixsite.com/tsutsuilab/contact-me Credits: Summary voice-over: Brian, Theo, Anika, and Jenny Music credits: Escapism by Eva Schlegel (freemusicarchive.org) Sound effects from soundbible.com Neil’s profile pic from his website

This episode we have Phil ward, one of the ant-lords! We talk about what makes a good research question, his opinion about natural history and exploratory method to observe and ask questions. Links: https://wardlab.wordpress.com/phil-ward/ Credits: Summary voice-over: Phillip, Tanja, Tim, and Jenny Music credits: Escapism by Eva Schlegel (freemusicarchive.org) Sound effects from soundbible.com Phil’s profile pic from his website

This episode we have Corrie Moreau, a jovial scientist with many cool insect tattoos! We talk about her research questions from the beginning of her career, what makes a good research question, and why you should learn to communicate to general audience. Links: Moreaulab.org Credits: Summary voice-over: Susie, Brian, Theo, Eloise, and Jenny (Big thanks to her for her signature ending for the podcast series) Music credits: Escapism by Eva Schlegel (freemusicarchive.org) Sound effects from soundbible.com Corrie’s profile pic from her website

This episode, we have Christian Peeters, a French scientist with an interesting beard. We talk about why ants are the most successful social insects, what morphology can tell us about the biology of ants, and why he does not like writing grants! Links: Website: https://iees-paris.ufr918.upmc.fr/index.php?page=fiche&id=64 Researchgate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christian_Peeters Credits: Summary voice-over: Susie, Theo, Peri, Sam, and Jenny Music credits: Escapism by Eva Schlegel (freemusicarchive.org) Sound effects from soundbible.com Follow just-questions on itunes, podbean, and soundcloud, and follow me on twitter @ravindra_pn and my website (rvndrpn.wixsite.com/ravindra)

Science often starts with questions. Each question has a story. But most podcasts are about answers and their associated stories. In this series, I will talk to researchers about their research questions, methods, and how they ask their questions. There is a lot one can learn about asking questions. Why not learn some by listening to Just-questions? In the first episode of Just-questions, we have Brian Fisher, one of the real life ant men. We talk about his first research question, why he is so obsessed with ants, and many tips to students starting/learning to ask research questions. I met Brian during the Antcourse 2016. I have interviewed a few more scientists during that course (I wish I could interview all of them!). More interviews from the course soon. Links: Antweb.org fisherlab.org Follow just questions on itunes, podbean, and soundcloud, and follow me on twitter @ravindra_pn and my website (http://rvndrpn.wixsite.com/ravindra)