Month: September 2026
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From Propulsion to Provost: A Conversation With Alec Gallimore
January 9, 2025 Science fiction may seem an unlikely source for research inspiration. But for Duke University Provost Alec Gallimore, it has been just that: inspiration for a career’s worth of electric propulsion research. Alec Gallimore in his plasmadynamics and electric propulsion laboratory at the University of Michigan, where he was a faculty member and…
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Invincible Insect Pests Don’t Faze This Researcher
January 9, 2025 “My passion for what I do saved my life.” Meet Ke Dong, a biology professor at Duke University. She’s a lover of nature, a great cook, and a Lupus survivor. About 20-25 years ago, she developed Lupus during her research years at Michigan State University. Her time with this autoimmune disease was…