Brooke Russell’s journey of firsts, in physics and at Yale

Brooke Russell, center, with her thesis committee at Yale. Left to right: O. Keith Baker, Francesco Iachello, Brooke Russell, Bonnie Fleming, Steve Lamoreaux. (Image courtesy of Brooke Russell)
March 11, 2020

Yale News featured Wright Lab alum Brooke Russell, Ph.D. ‘19 in an article called “Brooke Russell’s journey of firsts, in physics and at Yale”.   Russell is the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in physics from Yale and has recently joined the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California as an Owen Chamberlain Postdoctoral Fellow.  Click the link below for the full article.

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