Tag Archives: interdisciplinarity

Identity, Goals, and Diversity in Interdisciplinary Research

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

While I was an undergraduate physics major, my interests and research experiences were quite clearly of the pure physics variety: particle physics, cosmology, astrophysics.  There was never any question about my scientific identity or goals — I was unambiguously a … Continue reading →

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Media Mouthfeel

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

Who am I? I thought I dispensed with such philosophical wormholes after the teenage angst years. My first year as a doctoral student at Rutgers has proved me wrong. Although the angst has mellowed now in my late 30s, I … Continue reading →

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