The Elements We Live By: How Iron Helps Us Breathe, Potassium Lets Us See, and Other Surprising Superpowers of the Periodic Table

Interview with Dr. Anja Royne (recorded 2020-01-05)

Anja Royne is researcher, lecturer and author working at the university of Oslo where she has been researching the interfaces between minerals on the nanometer scale to find out their impact on geological structures. Anjas research has impact on multiple areas related to sustainability and climate change and we talked about in ground carbon storage, clean ways to produce cement and building materials. We also talk about Anjas book ‘The Elements we live by’ where she explores the origin and importance of atomic elements the human impacts of exploiting them.

Links related to this episode:

  • Anjas homepage: https://anjaroyne.net/about/
  • Anja Royne on Twitter: https://twitter.com/anjaroyne
  • Anja Royne at the University of Oslo: https://www.mn.uio.no/fysikk/english/people/aca/anjaroy/index.html
  • Anjas book, “The Elements We Live By”: https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Live-Potassium-Surprising-Superpowers-ebook/dp/B07WK5PXX8

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