Libby+Schoene

 My name is Libby and I am a seventh year graduate student in the physics department at the UO. I work in Dan Steck's atom optics lab, which uses lasers and magnetic fields to cool and trap atoms. Once the atoms are cool and trapped, we control and study their behavior in great detail.

Before coming to graduate school, I served for 27 months as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in Guyana, a small country on the Atlantic coast of South America. While there I taught math and science to high school students in the capital city, Georgetown. I really enjoyed teaching and working with the students, so I have been thankful to have an opportunity to work with students again through the GK-12 program.  In my spare time I serve as president of the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, and spend a lot of time walking my boisterous pooch, whom I brought back from Guyana with me. I also enjoy weight lifting, cross-country skiing, watching college and pro football and basketball, and spending time with friends and family.