Sep 10, 2026
My dissertation was awarded the 2026 Dissertation Prize of the German Society for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology! I'm very grateful to the prize committee and the GWMT for this honour. My talk will appear in their newsletter this year.
Aug 29, 2026
Starting 7 October 2026, I'll be co-convening a new online workshop series called "Science in Frozen Environments" with Katja Doose and Daniella McCahey. Follow the link to sign up!
Aug 26, 2026
My chapter on "fossilizing" snowflakes has been published this month, in a volume on material culture in the Antarctic. Follow the link for a PDF.
Jul 9, 2026
Today marks the start of our two-day workshop on "Cryohistories and Cryosciences" in Copenhagen. We have an amazing group of speakers, and hope to be able to share more about the workshop soon!
Mar 16, 2026
📖 Available to read now: my essay on the "snow star balance", a unique device used to measure the weight of a snowflake.
Jan 1, 2026
💼 Today marks the first day of my new Postdoc project at the University of Copenhagen and Niels Bohr Archive! More updates to follow under the "Projects" tab.
Oct 16, 2025
🎉I succesfully defended my doctoral dissertation today! For their encouraging feedback, I'd like to thank my committee: Helmuth Trischler, Kärin Nickelsen, and Jens Soentgen.
Jun 24, 2025
📘 I submitted my doctoral dissertation to the LMU's Promotionsamt today.
Jan 28, 2025
📺 I had the pleasure of making a short video contribution on what we can learn from snowflakes for the MoMA R&D Salon "It's cold outside!" (27 January 2025). Link available under "Read more"🔗
Dec 1, 2024
The American Institute of Physics has featured a highlight from my research visit to the M. E. Grenander Deparment of Special Collections & Archives in May-June 2024.
Nov 21, 2024
📃 New essay co-authored with Alice Murphy on the way the IPCC thinks about aesthetics.
Nov 19, 2024
📃 New article out on James and Cecilia Glaisher's snowflakes (1855), and what they can tell us about domestic science, husband-wife collaborations, and drawing practices in mid-19th century Britain.