Lynnae C. Quick

North Carolina · born or raisedBorn 1983

American planetary geophysicist

Born in Greensboro
Studied at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Studied at James B. Dudley High School
Worked at Bennett College

researcher, planetary scientist, planetary geologist, scientist

Recorded without a firm citation

Kept here, labelled, rather than mixed in above.

Be bold. Search out people who work in your area of interest. I gained a lot of opportunities by just emailing folks that I thought did cool research and inquiring if I could be their summer intern

Don’t be afraid to ask for a job!!!

In 5 years, I hope to have finished up a post-doc, and be working at a research lab, studying volcanic and magmatic processes on both terrestrial and icy bodies. I’d also like to be teaching part time at a minority-serving institution.

I think the best strategy is first realizing that it is impossible to make time for everything, all the time, and still remain sane! So, setting priorities are important.

We not only deal with sexism. We also have to deal with racism, We need to think of diversity on multiple axes.