Climate, Sea Squirts & Science - Dr Patrick Frank - The Matt Balaker Podcast

Patrick Frank's curiosity motivated his interest in sea squirts and science. After earning a PhD in physical science, Frank became a chemist at Stanford University. Hear his story about analyzing climate models and scrutinizing ideas where others are afraid.

MORE ABOUT DR. PATRICK FRANK

Patrick Frank is a physical methods experimental chemist. BS, MS, San Francisco State University; PhD, Stanford University; Bergmann Postdoctoral Fellow, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. As scientific staff at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, he has 67 peer-reviewed publications in bioinorganic chemistry. Achievements include explaining the unusual metal active site in blue copper electron transport proteins, falsification of rack-induced bonding theory, solving the 20-year problem of ligand binding in the iron-molybdenum cofactor of Nitrogenase, revision of 60 years of accepted wisdom about the solvation structure of dissolved cupric ion, and illuminating the ancient (Cambrian) biological chemistry of vanadium and sulfuric acid in blood cells of the sea squirt Ascidia ceratodes. He has also published peer-reviewed papers on the intelligent design myth, the science is philosophy myth, the noble savage myth, the human-caused global warming myth, the toxic masculinity myth, and the culture of sexual harassment among STEM academics myth.