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M. Darby Dyar

Publication

Dyar, M.D., Fassett, C.I., Giguere, S., Lepore, K., Byrne, S., Boucher, T., Carey, CJ, and Mahadevan, S. (2016) Comparison of univariate and multivariate models for prediction of major and minor elements from laser-induced breakdown spectra with and without masking. Spectrochimica Acta Part B, 123, 93-104.

Dyar, M.D., Giguere, S., Carey, CJ, and Boucher, T. (2016) Comparison of baseline removal methods for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of geological samples. Spectrochimica Acta Part B, 126, 53-64.

Dyar, M.D., Speicher, E.A., Gunter, M.E., Lanzirotti, A., Tucker, J.M., Carey, CJ, Peel, S.A., Brown, E.B., Oberti, R., and Delaney, J.S. (2016) Use of multivariate analysis for synchrotron micro-XANES analysis of iron valence state in amphiboles. American Mineralogist, 101, 1171-1189.

Award

Named as a recipient of Wellesley College’s 2020 Alumnae Achievement Award.

Robert Eisenstein

Honor

Delivered a public lecture on July 9 via Zoom for the National Sporting Library and Museum in Middleburg, VA titled “Sprezzatura: Noble Negligence in Renaissance Music and Horsemanship.”

Nina Emery

Grant

Received a fellowship from the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation for her project, "Philosophy and Physics in Conjunction and Across Time".

Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation

Publication

Emery, N. (2023). Naturalism Beyond the Limits of Science: How Scientific Methodology Can and Should Shape Philosophical Theorizing. Oxford University Press.

Emery, N. (2022). Deterministic Chance. In E. Knox and A. Wilson (eds.) The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Physics, 536-548.

Emery, N. (2022). Quantum correlations and the explanatory power of radical metaphysical hypotheses. Philosophical Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-021-01769-z

Emery, N., Markosian, N., & Sullivan, M. (2020) Time. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved from: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2020/entries/time/.