DIY Spectroscopy (Adam moved out of state)
Spectroscopy is used in chemistry labs and clinical diagnostics. The SpecPhone is a DIY spectrometer that can be made with a 3D printer, some inexpensive parts, and a smartphone. The SpecPhone is ideal for science fairs and citizen science projects.
Adam Smith
Adam W. Smith was born in Texas and grew up in Utah. He was an undergraduate at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, and then earned a PhD from MIT. After graduating in 2008, Adam moved to UC Berkeley to do postdoctoral work with Jay T Groves. There his research applied fluorescence spectroscopy methods to problems in cell biology. In 2012 he started his own lab at the University of Akron, where he is currently an Assistant Professor of Chemistry.