Ms+Robin+Smith

__**Robin Smith**__
​ __**Current Research:**__ Robin Smith is a Membrane Biophysicist. Her research currently involves studying chemically simplified models for the cell membrane. It is already known from chemistry studies that combinations of three lipids can organize into different kinds of liquid domains, just like oil and water don't mix. She is studying these lipid mixtures that are similar to the lipids in the cell membrane. This might provide a clue to how certain proteins find each other and prevent viruses from entering the cell.

Ms. Smith received her Bachelor's degree at Cornell University. She is currently working at Cornell University while she works towards earning her PhD degree. Ms. Smith received her undergraduate education in physics and mathematics. These studies have helped her in her current career. Smith is currently attending grad school at Cornell University in New York. She went to France to study optics. She made a lot of friends, excelled in the language, and advanced in her career. Smith's role models were her physics professor in college and her allergy doctor from her childhood. Ms. Smith is getting married in 2010. She met her fiance at Cornell. She was proposed to on an Alaskan Cruise in 2008. Her fiance's name is Frank. Congratulations Ms. Smith!
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Robin Smith studied particle physics as summer research student at CERN several years ago after graduating from college. She had never studied particle physics before because she had gotten a liberal arts education. Other students from Europe had because they had majored in physics during college, only taking physics related courses. She got to look at all of the particle accelerators there, but the large Hadron collider was not ready when she was there. Robin did theoretical work trying to explain some results that came from an experiment in 1970. There are so many results, it takes years before all of them are finally analyzed.
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__**Hobbies**__ Robin Smith, bio-physicist, spends a lot of her time at home researching with her fiancé, Frank, who works in a similar field. In addition to her rigorous studying, she volunteers for Expand Your Horizons, which is an organization affiliated with a conference in Cornell. She helped raise money for middle school girls to come and perform science experiments. Smith and her fiancé like to travel and visit their families with the little travel time they have. When their time is limited and they are unable to travel, Smith enjoys relaxing and playing her cello. She also loves to cook and bake. Smith also takes time out of her week to take dance classes. She is currently learning waltz, swing dance, and tango. Smith also uses her free time to hang out with friends, including some from the lab. She likes to go to dinner and watch ice hockey games with them. She jokes that she also likes to dress up for Halloween, even though she thinks she may be a little too old!


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