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I have always been interested in scientific questions that exist between the boundaries of traditional science disciplines, so I was naturally drawn to nanotechnology in graduate school. My research group was filled with chemists, 工程师, 生物学家, and other physicists all working together on a set of problems in nanophotonics -- or how light interacts with nanometer sized structures. I believe that this is often the best approach to solve complicated research questions, and that all disciplines can learn from each other. One of the things that drew me to 赌博娱乐平台网址大全 was that the same interdisciplinary spirit is evident in the research programs across all the science departments.

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