Hakeem Oluseyi: Quantum Leaps! ​(#216)

Hakeem Oluseyi is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, inventor, educator, science communicator, author, actor, veteran, and humanitarian. Oluseyi was named a Visiting Robinson Professor at George Mason University in 2021, a distinction by which the university recognizes outstanding faculty. In 2021, he published an autobiography titled: A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars co-authored with Joshua Horwitz. His best known scientific contributions are research on the transfer of mass and energy through the Sun's atmosphere; the development of space-borne observatories for studying astrophysical plasmas and dark energy; and the development of transformative technologies in ultraviolet optics, detectors, computer chips, and ion propulsion. Hakeem Is the president elect of the National Society of Black Physicists: https://nsbp.org/page/officers

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00:00:00 Intro

00:03:58 Judging the Book By Its' Cover

00:08:47 Why study the sun? It's so close! What makes observing it so diificult?

00:12:04 Hakeem's first space shot

00:17:26 Competition in Science - Hakeem V SOHO

00:20:41 The world of cutthroat competition in science!

00:30:12 The moral obligation for public science communication.

00:36:07 Art Walker and the importance of mentorship. Pioneering Black scientists.

00:49:47 About drugs and Hakeem's upbringing.

01:01:38 Would you change anything in your past if you could?

01:03:46 What would you put in a time capsule that would last a billion years?

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