Maureen is a research scientist at Iowa State University whose work includes analytical chemistry as well as educational programming and outreach. She received her BS in biology and is currently pursuing an MS in microbiology with a focus on vineyard yeast. She loves travel, sci-fi, philosophy, experimental baking, air hockey, people-watching, and writing poetry. She's still bummed she wasn't cast as a gender-bent Hal in a local production of Proof.