This week’s Story from the Field is from DuPont chemist Patti Parziale. This series gives voice to women working in chemistry and related sciences. They share their successes, challenges, and stories about the people and events that have shaped their careers, and their lives.
In this third and final episode of Distillations‘Â Day in the Life series, we explore the chemistry of night. First, we have one more visit with biochemist Joe Rucker to investigate how common sleep aids help to remedy insomnia. Then producer Louisa Jonas shares how a two-week stay under Alaska’s midnight sun helped her understand her…
In this installment of Stories from the Field, we hear from Lisa Houston, director of applications engineering at PAC, LP. This series gives voice to women working in chemistry and related sciences. They share their successes, challenges, and stories about the people and events that have shaped their careers, and their lives.
This next Wesleyan Storytelling Project interview is with Jennifer Robinson, class of 2007. Jennifer was a double major in government and studio art (love that combination!) and is the founder of her own interior design firm which she developed at Wes: Revamp Design.
In this installment of Stories from the Field we hear from Maria Maccecchini, president and founder of QR Pharma. This series gives voice to women working in chemistry and related sciences. They share their successes, challenges, and stories about the people and events that have shaped their careers, and their lives.
This is part two of Distillations three-part series A Day in the Life, which examines the chemistry of morning, noon, and night. In this episode, biochemist Joe Rucker explains some of the chemicals commonly found in our food (xanthum gum?). Then reporter Gretchen Cuda Kroen reveals why fructose and other sweeteners (even the supposedly healthy ones)…
I interviewed Zafra Lerman at the 244th annual meeting of the American Chemical Society as part of CHF’s Stories from the Field project. Zafra is the president and founder of Methods Integrating Music, Science, Art and Dance. She’s also president of the Malta Conferences Foundation, which uses science as a bridge to peace in the Middle East.
In this installment of Stories from the Field we hear from Sarah Widder, a research engineer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). This series gives voice to women working in chemistry and related sciences. They share their successes, their challenges, and stories about the people and events that have shaped…