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Research is a major component of our academic enterprise. However, pandemic has significantly impacted the way we conduct research and lowered our overall research productivity, particularly in science and engineering disciplines.\\nIn this show, we interview Prof. Harold Park, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Boston University, to talk about pandemic impact on research productivity. He served as an Interim Dean during the onset of campus shutdown due to the pandemic in 2020. We discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly that COVID has brought to the academics and the impact it has had on research productivity.

Music by RuthAnn Schallert-Wygal (schallert.wygal@gmail.com)

References cited:

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1. Myers, K.R., Tham, W.Y., Yin, Y. et al. Unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists. Nat Hum Behav 4, 880\\u2013883 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0921-y
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2. Johns Hopkins Junior faculty report https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/junior_faculty_report.pdf
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Contact list:\\nYou can find more information about Prof. Harold Park on http://people.bu.edu/parkhs/.\\nIf you have any comments about our show or have suggestions for a future topic, please contact us at info@thisacademiclife.org. You can also find us on webpage https://thisacademiclife.org and on facebook group \\u201cThis Academic Life\\u201d.

Cast list:

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• Prof. Harold Park (guest) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Boston University.
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• Prof. Kim Michelle Lewis (host) is a Professor of Physics and Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University.
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• Prof. Pania Newel (host) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at The University of Utah.
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• Prof. Lucy Zhang (host) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).
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