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Conversations: Hope Jahren, "Lab Girl"

Friday, June 16th, 2017, by Dan Skinner

Hope Jahren has dedicated her life studying trees, flowers, seeds and soil. Among her many accomplishments, Hope Jahren is the recipient of three Fulbright awards and is one of four scientists, and the only woman, to have been awarded both of the Young Investigator Medals given within the Earth Sciences. She currently holds a professorship at the University of Oslo, Norway.

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