10 Questions for a Chemical Engineer: Steven Sherman

Learn more about how Dr. Sherman is working to develop bioenergy and nuclear energy technologies -- including strong, lightweight fibers for car panels.

10 Questions for Biophysical Chemist: Wendy Shaw

Learn more about her nature-inspired projects, why combustion and construction tools helped spark her interest in science and how she’s developing innovative, cost effective catalysts.

10 Questions for a Biophysicist: Jeremy Smith

Dr. Smith has led a wide-ranging spectrum of projects focusing on everything from biofuels to drug discovery. Learn more about how he's descibing the structure and dynamics of biological materials through neutron scattering.

10 Questions for a Biophysicist: Jeremy Smith

Dr. Smith has led a wide-ranging spectrum of projects focusing on everything from biofuels to drug discovery. Learn more about how he's descibing the structure and dynamics of biological materials through neutron scattering.

10 Questions for a Chemical Theorist: Greg Schenter

Dr. Schenter works on the mathematics and physics of how molecules interact and develops mathematical models to simulate how molecules move and band together to form new materials -- projects leading to better ways to store energy.

10 Questions for a Climate Scientist: Kate Evans

From using supercomputers to study the movements of ice sheets to developing a model to explore the impacts of storms on ocean currents, find out how her work is advancing climate simulations and modeling.

10 Questions for a Spectroscopy Expert: Nancy Hess

Dr. Hess is using her expertise in molecular level spectroscopy to protect water supplies and advance carbon capture and sequestration technologies. And find out how the Apollo missions, Jacques Cousteau and the Krebs cycle all had a hand in encouragin...

10 Questions for a Particle Physicist: Dave Schmitz

Why are neutrinos (electrically neutral, subatomic particles) important to the universe? Why does the time 1:32am have special meaning? Find out from Dr. Schmitz.

10 Questions for a Wind & Solar Integration Analyst: Kirsten Orwig

Kirsten Orwig shares how her experiences in storm chasing led her to this position at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and why understanding meteorology is important for advancing reliable solar and wind energy.

Ada Yonath: Another Pioneering Woman in Science

In honor of Women's History Month, we're highlighting Ada Yonath, whose studies of the structure and function of the ribosome won her a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009.

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