Hello! Welcome to Emma's Journal of Awesome Science! This blog was created in an attempt to keep up to date with research in my favorite scientific domains (Physical Chemistry, Materials Science, Photonics, and Particle Physics and Cosmology). I also hope to learn more about specific methods and materials that pique my interest, and organize all of this information for easy reference if I ever need to write a thesis about it (which, hopefully I will). In addition, "Wonders of the Week" will discuss the Science of the Everyday. We spend a lot of time in classes learning about specific reactions and formulas; but we don't often take the time to apply this powerful basis of knowledge to understanding the world directly around us. A scientific education isn't something that ends at graduation- it's a foundation to use for learning about everything else.
Bio
Emma graduated from Smith College in 2011 with a BA in Chemistry, and then took further Post-Baccalaureate courses in Math and Physics at BU and Harvard Extension School. She would love to hear from you, and can be emailed here. You can download a copy of her full resume here.
Fun Facts About Emma:
- Her favorite Molecule (and the one pictured in her resume) is Crystal Violet Lactone. Learn more about it here.
-She was the first student in her Study Abroad program to take science classes and labs in french
-She was once in the same room as Stephen Hawking, and heard him give a layman's astrophysics talk for the 450th Anniversary of the University of Geneva. The advertisement poster is still in her bedroom... framed.
-She once wrote a letter to CERN's HR department encouraging them to accept Physical Chemists in their summer internship program. Though she never got an internship, the day before her interview their webpage was updated, allowing physical chemists into the program. She swears this is no coincidence.
-She was one of just two undergrads in a graduate level P-Chem class.
-She and a friend won "Most Original Flavor" in the Smith Chemistry Department's annual Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Freeze off. The flavor? AvoCoco Lime.
