Earlier this year, while I was sequestered in the bat-cave studying for my qualifying exam, I came across something very distressing. As has been widely reported, only 13 percent of the people editing Wikipedia articles are women. Though there are endless articles debating the causes, my interest lies elsewhere: What can be done to change […]
Author: Piper Klemm
Piper J. Klemm is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, researching MRI Contrast Agents in laboratory of Professor Kenneth N. Raymond. Her research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of the American Chemical Society. She has a B.S. with Honors in Chemistry from Trinity College (Hartford, CT). She is currently a committee member of San Francisco Zoo II, a young professionals organization supporting the San Francisco Zoo. Piper enjoys teaching chemistry- from being an undergraduate mentor in lab, to being a graduate student instructor at Berkeley, and communicating chemistry to the public.