Hope Jahren Quotes


I am a scientist. To be specific, I am a woman scientist. This, I have been told and have come to believe, is a good thing. In fact, it is such a good thing that America needs more of us. Everyone seems to be very sure of this. The thing that no one is sure about, however, is how to make it happen.


Citations

Jahren, Hope. Lab Girl. Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.

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She herself had been denied admission to the University of Georgia in her home state and she went to the University of Wisconsin where she earned a bachelors and masters degree.


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  • Born: September 27, 1969
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Scientist

Anne Hope Jahren is an American geochemist and geobiologist at the University of Oslo in Norway, known for her work using stable isotope analysis to analyze fossil forests dating to the Eocene. She has won many prestigious awards in the field, including the James B. Macelwane Medal of the American Geophysical Union.