Emily Dunkel

Past

• Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Texas at Austin
• Physics Graduate Student at Harvard University
• Environmental Geophysics Intern at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

• Mechanical Engineering Intern at Chevron

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Education

• Harvard University
• Harvard University
• University of California, Los Angeles

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Emily Dunkel’s Summary

I completed my Ph.D. in Physics in 2008 at Harvard, specializing in condensed matter theory, and have a B.S. from UCLA in Chemical Engineering and Physics. I spent last year as a postdoctoral fellow at UT Austin conducting research in theoretical chemical physics. I will be starting a new job in January.

Emily Dunkel’s Experience

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  University of Texas at Austin

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2008 — December 2008 (1 year )

  Investigated the role of quantum modes in molecular spectra.

• Physics Graduate Student

  Harvard University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2001 — November 2007 (6 years 3 months)

  Developed methods to model quantum systems. Modeled antiferromagnets near a quantum phase transition.

• Environmental Geophysics Intern

  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  (Government Agency; Research industry)

  June 1999 — August 1999 (3 months)

• Mechanical Engineering Intern

  Chevron

  (Public Company; CVX; Oil & Energy industry)

  June 1998 — August 1998 (3 months)

Emily Dunkel’s Education

• Harvard University

  Ph.D. , Physics , 2001 — 2007

  Dissertation: "Quantum Phenomena in Condensed Phase Systems"

  Activities and Societies:

  Physics Tutor at Harvard Winthrop House, Co-coordinator of Women in Physics, Science Fair Judge and Mentor at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School, Teaching Fellow, Dudley House Choir

• Harvard University

  A.M. , Physics , 2001 — 2004

• University of California, Los Angeles

  B.S., Summa Cum Laude , Chemical Engineering, Physics , 1996 — 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  Tau Beta Pi, Resident Computer Intern, Physics Tutor, Engineering Grassroots Society

Additional Information

Emily Dunkel’s Groups:

•    UCLA Alumni
•    Harvard University Alumni

Emily Dunkel’s Contact Settings

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