Scientist on the Spot
Every month we invite expert scientists to answer your questions about the world around you. Just ask the Scientist on the Spot!
Maria Kim
She studies the secret life of lawns
Enid Logan
She studies people's attitudes about race
Scientist archive
Learn from past Scientists on the Spot. You can see visitors' questions and the researchers' answers.Daniel Nidzgorski
He explores urban ecologyGreg Poland
He fights infections with vaccinesPushker Kharecha
He follows the carbonJessica Cormier
She's learning from life at the bottomAndrew Sander
He's engineering a better futureGretchen Hofmann
She studies the acid in the oceansTravis Huxman
He has the desert in a jarTim Kaiser
He explores soundPZ Myers
He's exploring evolutionVan Gooch
He's watching nature's clockAnita Cholewa
She looks for clues in the foliageDeb Swackhamer
She's looking out for the lakesJeremiah Mans
He's looking for the last piece of the puzzleRoberta Geiselhart and Owen Middleton
They make the dead tell their storiesJon Kahl
He watches the skies…and pollutionVal Cervenka
She solves crimes…with bugsShaul Hanany
He sees the beginning of the universeDebra Samac
She's a doctor for plantsMegan Donahue
She X-rays the heavensDoris Taylor
She heals hearts…and makes themLinda Figg
She builds bridges of the futureJohn Heffernan
He's creating 350 million witnessesRenee Mosing
She's looking beyond antibodies to fight diseaseKirk Allison
He studies health and human rightsMatt Panciera
He reads the writing on the wallBenjamin Ho
He probes a parasitePrisca Cushman
She watches for WIMPsKate Pound
She studies seafloor sedimentKristi Wallace
She watches volcanoes make ash of themselvesJulia Ponder
She mends broken wingsKathleen Coleman
She's a gladiator expertNoelle Beckman
She studies sylvan seedsEd Fleming
He pieces together Minnesota's pastColleen McLinn
She studies how animals communicateAlan Goodman
He reads our lives in our bones and teethP. Alex Greaney
He's hacking nature's nanotechnologyCarmen Van Kerckhove
She's helping others fight racismPaul Pentel and Dorothy Hatsukami
Their new vaccine helps smokers quitJoseph L. Graves, Jr.
He studies where we came from, where we're goingPaul Morin
He's making a modelRobin Low
He sells "green" nanotechnologyTroy Goodnough
He's fanning the flames of changeDr. Bhargav Mistry
He's a transplant surgeonGreg Cuomo
He studies sustainable wind energyJanice Boercker
She studies nano solar cellsMeri Firpo
She studies human stem cellsGhidewon Arefe
He studies tiny, tiny dotsDavid Lee
He directs an anatomy programDr. Mary Faith Marshall
She's a medical bioethicistDr. May Yeu Heu - She's a Hmong physician
Kate Larson
She studies a lost worldPaul Wojda
He studies bioethics in the Catholic traditionAndrea Strauss
She studies relationships between wolves and humansFrank Bates
He studies the science of stuffJames Kakalios
He studies superhero physicsRon Lawrenz
He studies critters in the waterRuss Durkee
He studies weather at the South PoleBryan Kennedy
He went to the School of RockKristi Curry Rogers
She studies dinos in MadagascarCatherine Yansa
She studies the secrets of the seedsMarla Spivak
She's breeding a better bee
