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Principle Investigator

Kristen Burson is an experimental condensed matter physicist. Her research group focuses on studies of nanoscale electronics and the atomic structure of silica using surface science techniques. Burson earned her bachelor’s degree from Gustavus Adolphus College and her Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland-College Park. She was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship and conducted her postdoctoral research at the Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Plank Society in Berlin, Germany. She taught at Hamilton College and Gettysburg College before arriving at Grinnell. Burson has also served on the American Physical Society committee for the status of women in physics (CSWP). When she is not doing physics, Kristen enjoys cat-sitting, going for walks, rock climbing, and playing board games.

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Kevin Carey ’17

Anna Mowat ’18

Clare Munroe ’18

Bryan Edwards ’19

Justin Bower ’19

Dan Wall ’19

Hannah Burrall ’19

Thomas Marsh ’20

Hudson Smith ’21

Adriana Cruz ’21

Catherine Ryczek ’21

Patricia Schiebler ’21

Marvin Lopez ’23

Bentley Wilking ’23

Hongyu Zhang ’24

James Adler ’22

Will Crane-Morris ’22

Cait Altermatt ’22

Claire Montague ’22