Donna Stokes
Physicist
Playlists
All Videos (25)
- What I Do
- Job Opportunities for Physicists
- Great Part
- Molecular Beam Epitaxy: Growing Crystals in Outer Space
- Enjoying Physics
- Challenges
- Education
- Summer Internships at Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Post Doctoral Research: Mid and Far Infrared Technology
- Favorite Subjects
- Goals
- Helpful Teachers
- Heroes
- Skills From Childhood
- Skills to Develop
- Math Skills For Physics
- A Resource for Physics Students
- Family Support
- Staying Motivated
- Why a Physicist
- Analysis of Semiconductor Materials
- Winning the Amelia Earhart Fellowship
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Advice
- Did it Anyway
Bio
Watch Donna Stokes, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Physics at Houston University, share how she uses her childhood love of solving puzzles in conducting her laboratory research in physics. On one project, she recalls the excitement of being at NASA’s Johnson Space Center working with astronauts as they performed experiments growing semiconductor crystals in outer space. As a college professor she advises young students that they will enter college with a big advantage if they hone their math and critical thinking skills as early as possible.
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