
Principal Investigator
Dr. Hillary Smith
Email address: hsmith@swarthmore.edu
Office: Science Center 121
Lab: Science Center L06
Dr. Smith joined the Swarthmore College Department of Physics & Astronomy in August 2018 as an Assistant Professor of Physics.
Prior to her arrival at Swarthmore, Dr. Smith worked as a Senior Researcher in the Applied Physics & Materials Science Department at California Institute of Technology.
Dr. Smith obtained her B.A. in Physics and Chemistry from Bryn Mawr College and Ph.D. in Materials Science from Caltech. She has held positions as a Visiting Lecturer at Pomona College, Senior Scientist at Liox Power, Post-doctoral Researcher at Caltech, and a Visiting Scientist at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation.
Current Lab Members

Elizabeth Brown '23
Cleveland, OH
Major: Physics
Minor: Chemistry
Former Lab Members

Alexandra Specht '22
Newark, OH
Major: Physics
Minor: Environmental Studies

Aleah Wilson '22
Bear, DE
Major: Chemical physics

Lucy Decker '21
Walnut Creek, CA
Major: Physics
Minor: Mathematics

Elena Lee '23
Lake Oswego, OR

Alex Rensing '21
Saint Louis, MO
Major: Physics
Minor: Computer Science

Miriam Stein '20
Boulder, CO
Major: Physics
Minor: Art History

Dylan Torrance '22
Tuscon, AZ
Major: Mathematics
Minor: Physics

Iris Wang '21
Villanova, PA
Major: Astrophysics
Minor: Asian Studies