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March 17, 2012

Only a Rock Scientist

I defend my PhD thesis in just under a month. I’m super nervous, particularly about the questions I’ll receive after my defense. However, I’ve come up with the ideal way to respond to difficult questions. Scary Committee Member: Can you please draw all three uranium-series decay chains, with all of the decay constants, on the board and then comment on how they relate to life, the universe, and everything? Me: …

My New Favorite T-Shirt

I just love this shirt. Just before leaving the East coast, I picked up a new t-shirt. Isn’t it great?

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Evelyn is a geologist, writer, traveler, and aspiring polyglot. She has undergraduate degrees in Earth Sciences and Arabic Language & Literature from Dartmouth College and a PhD in Marine Geology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program. She currently works in industry.

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