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The Vatican Observatory Podcast

A Taste for Heavy Water

Dec 7, 2021 · 32 min · Season 1 · Episode 11 · 23.6 MB
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Dr. Michelle Francl puts her own twist on combinations that most people might think are impossible. In this podcast she tells Br Guy Consolmagno about how the Sisters of Loreto in the small town where she grew up encouraged a love of science fiction that eventually led to her to a PhD with Nobel Laureate F. Sherwood Roland; about heavy-duty computational quantum chemistry and the taste of heavy water; about her articles for Nature Chemistry and for the Liturgical Press.

Guests:

  • Dr. Michelle Francl, professor of Chemistry at Bryn Mawr College and Adjunct Scholar of the Vatican Observatory
  • Br. Guy Consolmagno, Director of Vatican Observatory