I fell in love with chemistry because I thought it was cool. It's where the future is. I want to be on the cutting edge where I'm making a difference. I've always been interested in how the world works.

My family and friends have been really supportive. There aren't very many women in science, so some think it's unusual. I don't think it's unusual.

It's just pure science, no applied science. There's no practical application. It's just finding out something that wasn't known before.

We'll come out to the communities in the future and talk to them about the options.

As the future ripens in the past,
so the past rots in the future --
a terrible festival of dead leaves.

You realize there are certain things that you'll never do that you always thought would be part of your future, ... It's a big relief to discover what you are best-suited for, and it's a real advantage to be able then to focus. You can just jettison all this useless floundering around, attempting to do stuff that's really not in your range, and focus.