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Felisa Wolfe, when she was an Oberlin College
Science Library student assistant |
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MSNBC's
Cosmic Log has been attentive to the research of Felisa Wolfe-Simon and her colleagues, and the response from other researchers to their provocative findings, published in
Science, that a bacterium can utilize arsenic rather than phosphorus [
'Weird life' researchers answer critics]. Before heading off to graduate school and her present position with the U.S. Geological Survey, she was Felisa Wolfe of the science library student staff! A little known fact of her life at Oberlin, no doubt. As a 2000 grad, Felisa was one of many science majors who lived through the upheaval of Science Center construction, without reaping any of the benefits - we moved to the new science library in August 2001 and the rest of the center was completed the following year. Felisa was also among the last group of students given the Metcalf Student Assistant award when that award was based strictly on merit, rather than longevity of employment. She was one of the best, providing excellent service at our combination reference/circulation service desk. It is always great to see scientific publications of former students, and especially exciting when novel research findings challenge long-held assumptions.
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