Faculty Profile
Olivia Wilkins
Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2024)
Contact Information
Rector Science - Stuart Hall
717-245-1295
Bio
Dr. Olivia Harper Wilkins is an astrochemist interested in disentangling the evolution of chemical complexity that emerges alongside star and planet formation. In her research, she uses both telescope observations and laboratory experiments. She is especially interested in using isotopologues to study the chemical processes that yield organics in the interstellar medium and solar system small bodies such as comets. Dr. Wilkins is also an artist who uses different creative media to communicate science within the astrochemistry community and for the general public.
Education
- B.S., 天美传媒APP, 2015
- Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2021