"All-in-all my experience here has been amazing. I've been doing a very interdisciplinary project where I do a lot of microbiology, a little molecular biology, and a lot of organic synthesis, and a lot of staring at MS and NMR spectra. It's very neat that it allows me to do work that encompasses both my biological and chemical interests. The seminars I've seen are fantastic, and the PI is very nice and encouraging and manages a really fantastic dynamic in the group. He also has a great sense of scientific presentation in how he writes articles, how he coaches people to give seminars, and the way that he sees his research projects as little narrative stories. Everyone speaks English well in the lab (I'd say this is generally true of the scientific community), although occasionally the language barrier has been a little bit difficult, and where I'm living is a pretty boring area of town, but for the most part it's been a really great experience."
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I've been accepted into the PhD program in Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. I will start in the fall and try to balance work with study. I still think that the Reed Chemistry program prepared [me] really well for the research I currently do. Thank you for setting me up for success.
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I hope all is well with you! I just wanted to drop a line to say hi and pass my new contact information to you. We are settling in well in NY and enjoying exploring all the wonderful outdoor activities upstate NY has to offer. So far we've been whitewater rafting in the Adirondacks and camping in the Catskills! Both are only an hour's drive from our new home. We're still adjusting to the evil heat and humidity, though! We're living in an apartment for now, as sadly, we are still homeowners in Oregon, but hopefully that will change soon.
I've started to move into my office and lab at Siena and am getting to know my new colleagues. Everyone has been very helpful and kind, making the transition go quite smoothly. There are three "new kids" in the Chemistry department alone, so we are able to work together to find our way around.
As many of you know, I am joining the faculty of Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH this August. Barney, Thea, and I will all get to live in the same house all week. My new work email is kaubrecht@anselm.edu. We welcomed Thea (Althea Linden Grubbs-Aubrecht)in March. I interviewed at Saint Anselm in February. Although I will miss Holy Cross, single parenting during the week would be really hard. Barney got the good news of a positive tenure decision at Dartmouth this spring. Eventful year here. Bianca Sclavi '92 should get photo credit for the close-up of Thea. She was visiting from Paris for a FASEB conference in Vermont and then visited us for the weekend.
