Principal Investigator

Dr. Hillary Smith

Email address:  hsmith@swarthmore.edu

Office:  Science Center 121

Lab:  Science Center L06

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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.

Group Members 2021-2022

(clockwise from top left)

 

Alexa Specht ’22

Major: Physics, Minor: Environmental Studies

Aleah Wilson ’22

Major: Chemical Physics

Elizabeth Brown ’23

Major: Physics, Minor: Chemistry

 

Group Members 2019-2020

(left to right)

 

Iris Wang ’21

Major: Astrophysics, Minor: Asian Studies

Miriam Stein ’20

Major: Physics, Minor: Art History

Lucy Decker ’21

Major: Physics, Mathematics

Alexandria Rensing ’21

Major: Physics, Minor: Computer Science