My family and friends have been really supportive. There aren't very many women in science, so some think it's unusual. I don't think it's unusual.

It's just pure science, no applied science. There's no practical application. It's just finding out something that wasn't known before.

I fell in love with chemistry because I thought it was cool. It's where the future is. I want to be on the cutting edge where I'm making a difference. I've always been interested in how the world works.

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These issues of women in science [are] not what this is about; ... it is a widespread dissatisfaction in the way Summers is leading the university.