Monthly Archives: January 2014

The Undergraduate Research Experience

As an undergraduate, I was given a fantastic research experience.  Beginning my first semester of freshman year, I worked with Dr. Dan Jones to do work with x-ray crystallography.  Dr. Jones was an incredible mentor of a caliber that I … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in dissertation, Grad School, inspiration, mentors, Students

2013: Reflections on The 30th Anniversary of Phish (Part I)

“The years just keep sliding by don’t they…” Anniversaries are arbitrary. The demarcation of space and time and the claim that human activities are explicable or effected by such artifical boundaries is, well, kind of a cop out. Scientifically or … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Music, Pop Culture

Introduction (Yet Again)

This blog began as a project for a graduate school pedagogical class (and looking back on it,  a pretty good one at that). In the course of graduate school, however, the impetus to maintain, write, and post things on this … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Political

Introduction (Yet Again)

This blog began as a project for a graduate school pedagogical class (and looking back on it,  a pretty good one at that). In the course of graduate school, however, the impetus to maintain, write, and post things on this … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Political