Research

A Series of Fortunate Events

All of our interests and talents and life experience can be brought to bear in different ways - nothing that you do or learn is wasted.

Scientists, Meet #Twitter!

The rapid dispersal and growth of content via Tweets make it an effective mechanism for sharing research and professional development.

Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?

We present a self-consistent sandwich definition comprising only six axioms with the power to categorize every meal.

The Women Who Inspired Me

My growth depended on the myriad of women who mentored me, inspired me, and invested years into my development as a critical thinker.

Help Us Patch the Pipeline

Every day I work alongside dozens of women who apply exacting scientific rigor and creative problem-solving to their science.

Into the Storm

As with most meteorologists, I can remember an event that sealed the deal for me.

Scouting for Science

I can no longer divide these two aspects of myself: Am I a scientist scouting for answers, or a scout doing science?

From Play-Doh to Venus de Milo

An expert can watch their field as a whole and see where it is going by watching colleagues mold and shape it.

An Effective Field Theory Approach to Learning

I am particularly troubled by my slow learning progress. As a graduate student, learning is a constant job that I perform every day.

Blood, Soybeans, and Change

In February 2013, I participated in the World Soybean Research Conference in Durban, South Africa.

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