Cain Postdoctoral Fellow - Science History Institute

Phone

1.215.873.8295

Education

Ph.D. Indiana University

M.A. Indiana University

B.A. Mount Holyoke College

Research Interests

History of Alchemy, History of Medicine, Medieval Science and Religion, Roger Bacon

Selected Work

Roger Bacon and the Incorruptible Human (1220-1292): Alchemy, Pharmacology, and the Desire to Prolong Life. Forthcoming (London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2022).

"Roger Bacon's Medical Alchemy and the Multiplication of Species" in The Philosophy and Science of Roger Bacon: Studies in Honour of Jeremiah Hackett. Edited by Nicola Polloni and Yael Kedar. (London: Routledge, 2021).

"Revisiting Isaac Newton's Index Chemicus: A Response to Richard S. Westfall." Ambix 66:1 (2019). 72-81.

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