Principal Investigator

Dr. Hillary Smith

Email address:  hsmith@swarthmore.edu

Office:  Science Center 121

Lab:  Science Center L06

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Dr. Smith is an Associate Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics & Astronomy. 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. Dr. Smith is a Fulbright Scholar and DOE Early Career Award Recipient.

Group Members 2023-Present

(left to right)

Wuqian Zhang ’26

Major: Physics and Math

Grady Savage ’26

Major: Physics, Minor: Mathematics and Philosopy

Shintaro Inaba ’26

Major: Physics, Minor: Chemistry

Aaron Dubois ’26

Major: Physics, Engineering

Alex Wuttig ’26

Major: Astrophysics

Salome Jin ’25

Major: Physics, Music

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