Science Connection is the magazine of Carnegie Mellon University’s Mellon College of Science, published for alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends. Copyright 2019 Carnegie Mellon University. All rights reserved.

Editor-in-Chief
Rebecca W. Doerge, Glen de Vries Dean

Editor
Jocelyn Duffy, Associate Dean for Communications

Contributing Writers
Jonah Bayer, Kenneth Chiacchia,
Jocelyn Duffy, Ben Panko, Emily Payne,
Ann Lyon Ritchie, Elizabeth Speed

Design and Illustration
Rachel Keeney, Publications Manager
and Graphic Designer

Photography and Images
Courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University, unless otherwise noted

Online Magazine
Gigi Wiltanger, Web Manager

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