Author: Jessie Barrick

Jessie is a 5th year PhD student in the Department of Physics & Astronomy. Her research involves designing and building new optical imaging systems to tackle current problems in Biology and Biomedical Imaging.

Blog / Understanding Sea Turtle Navigation with Laser-based Imaging

November 13, 2018November 24, 2018 / Jessie Barrick / 1

If you’ve ever been lost in an unfamiliar city or tried to walk around in the dark, then you may have found yourself wishing you had the eyes of a…

Blog / Rural Internet Access and Diversity in STEM

April 5, 2018 / Jessie Barrick /

It is no secret that many STEM fields, especially physics and engineering, suffer from a lack of equal representation by race, ethnicity, and gender. Approximately 75% of all physics degrees…

Blog / Uncovering Ancient Mysteries with Cosmic Rays

December 3, 2017December 5, 2017 / Jessie Barrick /

You probably don’t usually think of particle physics and the Great Pyramid of Giza as having much in common. In some ways, the two seem diametrically opposed: the Giza Pyramid…