
Principal Investigator
Dr. Hillary Smith
Email address: hsmith@swarthmore.edu
Office: Science Center 121
Lab: Science Center L06
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 2022-2023
(left to right)
Colby Stoddard ’23
Major: Physics, Minor: Mathematics
Simon Ji ’23
Major: Engineering, Physics
Elizabeth Brown ’23
Major: Physics, Minor: Chemistry
Solomon Murdock ’24
Major: Physics, Minor: Chemistry


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 2020-2021
(clockwise from top left)
Elena Lee ’23
Major: Geophysics
Lucy Decker ’21
Major: Physics, Mathematics
Dylan Torrance ’22
Major: Mathematics, Minor: Physics


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