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“Being a physics professor has been my dream since I was in grade 10. So if I was no longer in my current career, I would probably have a brief existential crisis before going on to run city bike tours. I love exploring new places by bike, and sharing that experience with people from around the world would be amazing.”<\/p>\n
Mark Ilton<\/strong>, assistant professor of physics Lucas Bang<\/strong>, assistant professor of computer science George Monta\u00f1ez<\/strong>, assistant professor of computer science Alfred Flores<\/strong>, assistant professor of Asian American studies, Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies Alyssa Newman<\/strong>, Hixon-Riggs Early Career Fellow If you weren\u2019t pursuing your current career, what would you be doing? “Being a physics professor has been my dream […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nResearch area<\/strong>: the dynamics of energy release in elastomers and impulsive biological systems<\/p>\n![\"Lucas](\"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/09\/fac-Bang.jpg\")
“If I was not a computer science professor, I would probably be writing science fiction or possibly working as a T-shirt graphic designer.”<\/p>\n
\nResearch area<\/strong>: software verification and formal methods for security<\/p>\n![\"George](\"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/09\/fac-Montanez.jpg\")
“I would likely be a builder of some sort: either an architect, contractor, engineer or carpenter. I love making and creating things. The reason I build things in software is that bits are easier to work with than bolts.”<\/p>\n
\nResearch areas:<\/strong> computer science, algorithmic search and mathematics<\/p>\n![\"Alfred](\"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/09\/fac-Flores.jpg\")
“I\u2019d be coaching Division 1 college basketball. \u201d<\/p>\n
\nResearch area:<\/strong> race, settler colonialism and U.S. militarization on the island of Guahan (Guam)<\/p>\n![\"Alyssa](\"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/09\/fac-Newman.jpg\")
“I would have probably spent several years playing softball before transitioning into a career in coaching or sports journalism.”<\/p>\n
\nResearch area<\/strong>: the intersections between race and reproductive technologies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"