Splash Biography

NASIM MIRZAJANI, International Scientist

Major: Chemistry

College/Employer: UChicago

Year of Graduation: G

Brief Biographical Sketch:

I'm a third year chemistry PhD student at University of Chicago. I graduated from Yale University with a BS in chemistry. My sub-sub-field is spectroscopy: understanding the structure and behaviour of matter by striking it with laser light.

I'm also an artist whose main interest is portraits in oil, and a lover of 19th century English literature.

Past Classes

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L1834: The Madwoman in the Attic: A discussion of race and gender in Jane Eyre in Droplet Droplet 2021 (Jan. 16, 2021)

Jane Eyre was my favourite book growing up. A passionate love story, a tortured hero, a strong female protagonist. But between the lines there are explicit and implicit elements of feminism as well as racism. We will scrutinize this well-loved book and discuss the historical and societal implications of passages and themes employed in Charlottes Bronte's writing. This class is designed as a friendly discussion among thoughtful book-lovers and is not a lecture.