The Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry, at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia, is pleased to announce its 2016-2017 class of fellows. For more information about the Beckman Center and its programs, see www.chemheritage.org/beckmancenter.
Cain Senior Fellow (4 months in residence)
- Frank Zelko (University of Vermont). “Precious Bodily Fluids: What the History of Fluoride Tells Us About Science, Public Health, and the Politics of Knowledge”
Long-Term Postdoctoral Fellows (9-months in residence)
- Thomas Apel (Menlo College). Haas Fellowship: “Translating Lavoisier: French Chemistry and the Making of American Science, 1790-1830.”
- Agnieszka Rec (Yale University). Herdegen Fellowship: “Blood is Thicker than Aqua Regia: Alchemical Networks in Sixteenth-Century Central and Eastern Europe.”
- Jean-Olivier Richard (Johns Hopkins University). Cain Fellowship: “Mixture Makers: The Role of Mankind in Père Castel’s Matter Theory.”
Long-Term Dissertation Fellows (9 months in residence)
- Cari Casteel (Auburn University). Price Fellowship: “The Odor of Things: Deodorant, Gender, and Olfaction in the United States.”
- Kirsten Moore-Sheeley (Johns Hopkins University). Haas Fellowship: “Nothing But Nets: History of Insecticide Treated Nets, 1980s-Present.”
- Elisabeth Moreau (Université Libre de Bruxelles). Haas Fellowship: “The Composition of Life and Health: Elements, Particles, and Atoms in Late Renaissance Physiology.”
Short-Term Fellows
- Sarah Ehlers (University of Leicester). “Pharmaceutical Crossings: Chemotherapeutic Research between Europe, Colonial Africa, and the US.” (2 months)
- Lynne Friedmann (Freelance Science Writer). “Ink Chemists of the Industrial Revolution.” (3 months)
- Ute Frietsch (HAB Wolfenbüttel). “Hidden helpers? An investigation into women’s activities in early modern alchemy/chymistry.” (3 months)
- Marieke Hendriksen (Utrecht University). “Boerhaave’s mineral chemistry and its influence on eighteenth-century pharmacy.” (1 month)
- Gabriel Moshenska (University College London). “The development of gas masks in the early twentieth century.” (2 months)
- Ingemar Pettersson (Uppsala University). “Masters of flavor: Sensory analysis and high industrial food.” (2 months)
- Marlise Rijks (Ghent University). “By human hands. Counterfeiting nature in early modern Europe.” (1 month)
- Michael Rossi (University of Chicago). “Between Objectivity, Subjectivity, and Aesthetics: Color Chemistry, Measurement and Manufacture, 1830 to 1930.” (2 months)
- Sharon Ruston (Lancaster University). “The Collected Letters of Sir Humphry Davy.” (2 months)
- Oscar Torres (Colegio de Mexico). “Miners, Oilmen and Chemists: Globalization and Technology in Mexican Sulphur Industry (1920 – 1972).” (2 months)
- Mark Waddell (Michigan State University). “The Devil’s Cure: Magical Medicine and the Problem of Plausibility in the Seventeenth Century.” (1 month)