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[kaliannabexperience]

Today was another day for SCIENCE. I bet you won't guess what happened next! . . . . . #kalibexperience #superdaddysunday #stem #girlsdoscience #kysciencecenter #doscience #experiment #kidsofinstagram #kidshavefun #do502 #502 #daddydaughtertime #thingstodo #stemexperiment #fun502 #thingsforkids #curlyhairdontcare #hawthorne #lovehawthorne #hawthornehawks (at Kentucky Science Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7MaVTijQrg/?igshid=5fygwk4w3qod

[littlebluehousedolls-blog]

Sadie Ann the Scientist #lbhdolls, #littlebluehousedolls, #scienist, #girlsdoscience, #blackgirlmagic https://www.etsy.com/shop/LBHDolls

[kanocomputing]

“You can’t like science. You’re a girl.”

[doscience-blog]

I am a forensic scientist. I examine evidence from all sorts of crimes to find any body fluids or sometimes just skin cells that might help prove part of a case. I extract and compare the DNA to figure out who was involved in the crime, and then for some cases I go to court to explain to the jury how I do my job and what the science tells us.

[doscience-blog]

Theoretical chemistry - from quantum mechanics to renewable energy

I am a theoretical chemist, a job that basically involves:

- mathematics: formulating approximate numerical solutions to the Schrodinger equation, the fundamental equation underlying the behaviour of electrons, atoms, molecules and materials. 

- programming/coding: converting the mathematical theories into practical algorithms so they can be applied to real chemical systems to do:

- science: formulating hypotheses about how & why molecules & materials behave as they do, and answering those questions using computational chemistry & spectroscopy, and:

- engineering: applying the fundamental scientific principles of how and why molecules do what they do to design new materials with desirable physical and chemical properties e.g. organic photovoltaic assemblies, catalysts for CO2 reformation into methane. 

I really love being able to work in a field of science that requires knowledge and understanding all the way from the quantum mechanical level up to the macroscopic level. I’m particularly passionate about using these skills to develop the new technologies that will be required to make solar energy a practical, affordable and widespread alternative to fossil fuels.

-Deborah Crittenden