In our first episode of 2023, Harini introduces us to Dartmouth professor and chemist Karen Wetterhahn, who specialized in toxic metal exposure. In the 1990s, Dr. Wetterhahn was a tour de force in the world of toxic metal research and greatly influenced an increased interest among women to pursue science majors through Dartmouth College's Women in Science Project (WISP). In a cruel twist of fate (or cosmic anomaly), Wetterhahn's career and life ended early doing exactly the thing she loved the most. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.