Class of 2025, B.S. (physics)
Ph.D. candidate at Dartmouth College
“When I decided to graduate in three years, I was encouraged by OS3 (Office of Student Success Services) to apply for a summer research experience. I applied to 14 and chose to go to the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics to study the large-scale structure of the universe and test new techniques in intrinsic alignment measurements.”
“When I decided to graduate in three years,” says Kumwembe, “I was encouraged by OS3 (Office of Student Success Services) to apply for a summer research experience. I applied to 14 and chose to go to the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics to study the large-scale structure of the universe and test new techniques in intrinsic alignment measurements.” With the support of her SMCM physics professors and advisers from Harvard-Smithsonian, she is first author on a publication with the Center for Astrophysics and the Dark Energy Spectroscope Instrument (DESI) Collaboration. A Phi Beta Kappa scholar at SMCM, Kumwembe is now at Dartmouth College for a Ph.D. in electrical engineering with the goal to create nanotechnology for astronomical instrumentation. Not bad for her first 21 years on earth!