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Geraldine L. Richmond

{{Short description|American scientist (born 1953)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Geraldine Richmond

| image = Under Secretary of Energy for Science Geraldine Lee Richmond.png

| office = Under Secretary of Energy for Science

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| president = Joe Biden

| term_start = November 15, 2021

| term_end = January 20, 2025

| predecessor = Paul Dabbar

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| caption = Geri Richmond

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|01|17}}

| birth_place = Salina, Kansas, US

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| known_for = Chemistry and physics of complex surfaces and interfaces relevant to energy production, atmospheric chemistry, environmental remediation;
Advocacy and mentorship for women in science

| awards = National Medal of Science
Davisson-Germer Prize
Garvan-Olin Medal

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| spouse = Stephen Kevan

| children = 2

| education = Kansas State University (BS); University of California, Berkeley (PhD)

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| fields = Physical Chemistry

| workplaces = Bryn Mawr College
University of Oregon

| thesis_title = Time evolution of the gain in the ClF/H₂ rotational chemical laser: Evidence for V->R energy transfer

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| thesis_year = 1980

| doctoral_advisor = George C. Pimentel

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Geraldine Lee Richmond (born January 17, 1953, in Salina, Kansas){{cite web|title=Array of Contemporary American Physicists: Geraldine Richmond|url=http://www.aip.org/history/acap/biographies/bio.jsp?richmondg|publisher=American Institute of Physics|year=2015|access-date=2013-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907052559/http://www.aip.org/history/acap/biographies/bio.jsp?richmondg|archive-date=2014-09-07|url-status=dead}} is an American chemist and physical chemist who served as the Under Secretary of Energy for Science in the US Department of Energy from 2021 to 2025.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-28|title=President Biden Announces 16 Key Administration Nominations|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/28/president-biden-announces-16-key-administration-nominations/|access-date=2021-04-28|website=The White House|language=en-US}} Richmond was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate to her role on November 5, 2021. In this position, she oversees the Office of Science, the Applied Energy offices, and 13 of the 17 Department of Energy national laboratories.{{Cite web|date=2021-11-09|title=UO's Geraldine Richmond confirmed as undersecretary of science and energy for DOE|url=https://www.klcc.org/science-technology/2021-11-08/uos-geraldine-richmond-confirmed-as-undersecretary-of-science-and-energy-for-doe|access-date=2021-11-09|website=KLCC NPR for Oregonians|language=en-US}} Before this appointment, Richmond served as a Professor of Physical Chemistry and held the Presidential Chair in Science at the University of Oregon.{{Cite web |title=Richmond website |url=https://richmondscience.uoregon.edu/}} Her research has focused on understanding the chemistry and physics of complex surfaces and interfaces, using laser-based experimental and theoretical computational methods.{{Cite web |title=National Science Board |url=https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/members/past_members/richmond.jsp |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=National Science Board}} These understandings are most relevant to energy production, atmospheric chemistry and remediation of the environment. Throughout her career she has also worked to increase the number and success of women scientists in the U.S. and in many developing countries through the COACh program that she founded in 1999.{{Cite news|url=https://coach.uoregon.edu/coach-international/|title=COACh International|date=2014-12-20|work=COACh|access-date=2017-06-29|language=en-US|archive-date=2016-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122155816/http://coach.uoregon.edu/coach-international/|url-status=dead}} She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-04 |title=Geraldine L. Richmond {{!}} American Academy of Arts and Sciences |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/geraldine-l-richmond |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=www.amacad.org |language=en}} In recognition of her scientific achievements and contributions to women in science, she received the National Medal of Science from President Obama in 2013.{{Cite web |title=Geraldine L. Richmond |url=https://nationalmedals.org/laureate/geraldine-l-richmond/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=National Science and Technology Medals Foundation |language=en-US}}

Education

Richmond received her B.S. in chemistry in 1975 from Kansas State University and her Ph.D. in 1980 at University of California, Berkeley, in physical chemistry under the direction of George C. Pimentel.{{cite thesis |title=Time evolution of the gain in the ClF/H₂ rotational chemical laser: Evidence for V->R energy transfer |first=Geraldine Lee |last=Richmond |institution=University of California, Berkeley |degree=PhD |id= |oclc=892836231}}

Career

From 1980 to 1985 she was an assistant professor of chemistry at Bryn Mawr College. Since 1985, Richmond has been at UO, from 1985 to 1991 as an associate professor of chemistry, and as a professor since 1991. Until 1995 she was director of the Chemical Physics Institute. During her time there, she has held the Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences position (1998-2001), the Richard M. and Patricia H. Noyes Professor position (2001-2013), and currently holds the Presidential Chair in Science. Her teaching has primarily focused on introductory chemistry and courses designed for non-science majors.{{Cite web|title = Geri Richmond|url = http://richmondscience.uoregon.edu/|website = richmondscience.uoregon.edu|access-date = 2015-12-29}} Richmond’s scientific research explores the chemical and physical processes occurring at complex buried interfaces. Her work extensively uses laser-based spectroscopy experiments combined with theoretical computational methods. She has investigated the hydrogen bonding of surface water molecules at metal/water,{{Cite journal |last1=Richmond |first1=G. L. |last2=Robinson |first2=J. M. |last3=Shannon |first3=V. L. |date=1988-01-01 |title=Second harmonic generation studies of interfacial structure and dynamics |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0079681688900056 |journal=Progress in Surface Science |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=1–70 |doi=10.1016/0079-6816(88)90005-6 |bibcode=1988PrSS...28....1R |issn=0079-6816|url-access=subscription }} air/water,{{Cite journal |last=Richmond |first=G. L. |date=1986-03-01 |title=Characterization of the silver-aqueous electrolyte interface by optical second harmonic generation |url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/la00068a003 |journal=Langmuir |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=132–139 |doi=10.1021/la00068a003 |issn=0743-7463|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite web |title=Optica Publishing Group |url=https://opg.optica.org/josab/viewmedia.cfm?uri=josab-4-2-228&html=true |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=opg.optica.org}}{{Cite journal |last=Shannon |first=Victoria |date=July 15, 1987 |title=The observation of rotational anisotropy in the second harmonic intensity from a Ag(111) electrode |journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics |volume=87 |issue=2 |pages=1440–1441 |doi=10.1063/1.453273 |bibcode=1987JChPh..87.1440S |url=https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/article/87/2/1440/802474/The-observation-of-rotational-anisotropy-in-the|url-access=subscription }} and oil/water interfaces,{{Cite journal |last=Robinson |first=J.M. |date=January 1, 2009 |title=Monitoring surface structure and interfacial properties via second harmonic generation |journal=Pure and Applied Chemistry |volume=59 |issue=10 |pages=1263–1268 |doi=10.1351/pac198759101263 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1351/pac198759101263/html?lang=en&srsltid=AfmBOoqY6GvwXOxK1L5-9PB0rXJQ_5Er7FlJ6tfPpvrCJCMB0G2ag8K9}}{{Cite journal |last1=Gragson |first1=D. E. |last2=Richmond |first2=G. L. |date=1998-05-01 |title=Investigations of the Structure and Hydrogen Bonding of Water Molecules at Liquid Surfaces by Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy |url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jp9806011 |journal=The Journal of Physical Chemistry B |volume=102 |issue=20 |pages=3847–3861 |doi=10.1021/jp9806011 |issn=1520-6106|url-access=subscription }} as well as the adsorption of surfactants, salts, acids, polymers, and other solutes at these interfaces.{{Cite web |title=Optica Publishing Group |url=https://opg.optica.org/ao/viewmedia.cfm?uri=ao-26-17-3579&html=true |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=opg.optica.org}}{{Cite book |last=Wong |first=Eric |title=AIP Conference Proceedings |date=September 25, 1987 |chapter=Laser excitation spectroscopic studies of metal ion binding in polymers |volume=160 |issue=1 |pages=605–607 |doi=10.1063/1.36829 |chapter-url=https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/article/160/1/605/774905/Laser-excitation-spectroscopic-studies-of-metal}}

A significant focus of her studies at air-water interfaces has been on the adsorption and reactivity of atmospherically important species, including carbon dioxide, sulfur-containing compounds, and small organic molecules relevant to climate change and air pollution.{{Cite journal |last1=Ota |first1=Stephanie T. |last2=Richmond |first2=Geraldine L. |date=2011-05-18 |title=Chilling Out: A Cool Aqueous Environment Promotes the Formation of Gas–Surface Complexes |url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja201027k |journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society |volume=133 |issue=19 |pages=7497–7508 |doi=10.1021/ja201027k |pmid=21520889 |bibcode=2011JAChS.133.7497O |issn=0002-7863|url-access=subscription }} More recently, her research has expanded to understanding the molecular factors that contribute to the surface stabilization of nanoemulsions.{{Cite book |last=Lapp |first=Marshall |title=Advances in laser science-II : proceedings of the Second International Laser Science Conference, Seattle, WA 1986 |publisher=American Institute of Physics |year=1987 |isbn=9780883183601}}{{Cite journal |last1=Tran |first1=Emma |last2=Mapile |first2=Ashley N. |last3=Richmond |first3=Geraldine L. |date=2021-10-01 |title=Peeling back the layers: Investigating the effects of polyelectrolyte layering on surface structure and stability of oil-in-water nanoemulsions |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0021979721006317 |journal=Journal of Colloid and Interface Science |volume=599 |pages=706–716 |doi=10.1016/j.jcis.2021.04.115 |pmid=33984763 |bibcode=2021JCIS..599..706T |osti=1977261 |issn=0021-9797}} This work is particularly relevant to applications such as environmental remediation and drug delivery.

Richmond is the founding director of  [https://coach.uoregon.edu/ COACh], a grassroots organization based out of the University of Oregon that conducts research on challenges that women and minority groups face in achieving their STEM career aspirations. {{Cite web |date=2019-05-22 |title=The fight for feminism in STEM |url=https://nationalmedals.org/stories/richmond-fight-for-feminism-in-stem/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=National Science and Technology Medals Foundation |language=en-US}}  It also provides career building workshops aimed at increasing the number and success of women scientists in the U.S. and in many developing countries around the globe. Over 25,000 women scientists have been benefitted from the COACh programs that continue today.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Geri Richmond |url=https://www.energy.gov/person/dr-geri-richmond |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Energy.gov |language=en}}  

Service

Richmond was appointed by Governor Kitzhaber to the Oregon State Board of Higher Education from 1999 to 2003 and reappointed by Governor Kulongoski from 2004 to 2006. From 1998 to 2003 she served as chair of the Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC).{{Cite web|url=https://science.energy.gov/bes/besac/members/|title=BESAC 2017–2018 Membership{{!}} U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)|website=science.energy.gov|language=en-us|access-date=2017-06-29}} In 2014, Richmond was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for a term beginning in February 2015.{{Cite web|title = Geraldine Richmond Chosen to Serve as AAAS President-Elect|url = http://www.aaas.org/news/geraldine-richmond-chosen-serve-aaas-president-elect|website = AAAS – The World's Largest General Scientific Society|access-date = 2015-12-29}} In 2014, she was appointed by Secretary John Kerry to serve as the Science Envoy for the Lower Mekong River Countries.{{Cite web|title = Announcement of U.S. Science Envoys|url = https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/12/234682.htm|website = U.S. Department of State|access-date = 2015-12-29}} She was appointed by President Obama to the National Science Board for a term of 2012–2016 and reappointed by President Trump from 2016 to 2022.{{Cite web|title = National Science Board|url = https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/members/current_members/richmond.jsp|website = National Science Board|access-date = 2015-12-29}} Since 2016 she has served as Secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences{{Cite web|url=https://www.amacad.org/contentu.aspx?i=270|title=Board, Council, and Trust – American Academy of Arts & Sciences|access-date=2017-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801211452/https://www.amacad.org/contentu.aspx?i=270|archive-date=2015-08-01|url-status=dead}} and is the 2019–2020 President of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sigmaxi.org/about/bios/m---r/geraldine-richmond|title=Geraldine Richmond|website=www.sigmaxi.org|accessdate=30 March 2022}}

Richmond is director of the NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of Oregon. Started in 1987 it is one of the longest-running REU programs in the United States. In the over 30 years of the REU program, it has hosted over 400 undergraduates from across the country with 90% continuing to graduate school.{{Cite web|title = Homepage {{!}} REU|url = http://reu.uoregon.edu/|website = reu.uoregon.edu|access-date = 2015-12-29}}

Honors

  • 1989 Coblentz Society Spectroscopy Award{{Cite web|url=http://www.coblentz.org/awards/the-coblentz-award|title=The Coblentz Award – The Coblentz Society|website=www.coblentz.org|access-date=2016-06-08}}
  • 1993 Fellow, American Physical Society, "For seminal contributions to the understanding of dynamics at interfaces accomplished by innovative applications of nonlinear optical phenomena."{{Cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=1993&unit_id=DLS&institution=University+of+Oregon|title=APS Fellow Archive – Geraldine L. Richmond|website=www.aps.org|access-date=2016-06-08}}
  • 1996 Francis P. Garvan-Olin Medal of the American Chemical Society{{Cite web|url=https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/bytopic/francis-p-garvan-john-m-olin-medal.html|title=Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal|website=American Chemical Society|access-date=2016-06-08}}
  • 1997 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Engineering Mentoring{{Cite web|url=http://paesmem.net/node/1475|title=Geraldine Richmond – Richard M. and Patricia H. Noyes Professor of Chemistry – paesmem|website=paesmem.net|access-date=2016-06-08}}
  • 2001 Oregon Outstanding Scientist Award, Oregon Academy of Science{{Cite web|url=http://www.oas.pdx.edu/awards|title=Oregon Academy of Science – Outstanding Oregon Scientist|date=2008|website=Oregon Academy of Science|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409122435/http://www.oas.pdx.edu/awards|archive-date=2009-04-09|url-status=dead|access-date=2016-06-07}}
  • 2003 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science{{Cite web|url=http://membercentral.aaas.org/fellows?LastName=R&Section=C&Country=All&State=All&name=&company=University+of+Oregon|title=Fellows – AAAS MemberCentral|website=membercentral.aaas.org|access-date=2016-06-08}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • 2004 Spiers Medal of the UK Royal Society of Chemistry{{Cite journal|last1=Leich|first1=Megan A.|last2=Richmond|first2=Geraldine L.|date=2005-12-17|title=Spiers Memorial Lecture|journal=Faraday Discussions|language=en|volume=129|pages=1–21; discussion 89–109|doi=10.1039/B415753M|pmid=15715295|issn=1364-5498}}
  • 2006 Council on Chemical Research Diversity Award{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-04/uoo-ocg042606.php|title=Oregon chemist Geri Richmond to receive Council for Chemical Research Diversity Award|website=EurekAlert!|access-date=2016-06-08}}
  • 2006 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences{{Cite web|url=https://www.amacad.org/multimedia/pdfs/publications/bookofmembers/electionIndex2000-2015.pdf|title=Members of the Academy|date=2015|website=American Academy of Arts and Sciences}}
  • 2008 Bomem-Michaelson Award{{Cite web|url=http://www.cas.miamioh.edu/coblentz/bomem.htm|title=Bomem-Michelson Awards|website=www.cas.miamioh.edu|access-date=2016-06-08}}
  • 2008 Fellow, Association for Women in Science{{Cite web|url=http://www.awis.org/?142|title=Awards fellows list – AWIS|website=www.awis.org|access-date=2016-06-08}}
  • 2011 Fellow, American Chemical Society{{Cite web|url=https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/fellows/list-of-2011-acs-fellows.html|title=2011 ACS Fellows|website=American Chemical Society|access-date=2016-06-08}}
  • 2011 Joel Henry Hildebrand Award of the American Chemical Society, "For pioneering applications of nonlinear optical spectroscopies and modeling of liquid surfaces and the resulting new understanding of water structure and bonding at liquid interfaces."{{Cite web|title = ACS 2011 National Award Winners|url = http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/2011-acs-national-award-recipients.html|website = American Chemical Society|access-date = 2015-12-29|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181326/https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/2011-acs-national-award-recipients.html|archive-date = 2016-08-18|url-status = dead}}
  • 2011 Member, National Academy of Sciences{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/6980.html|title=Geraldine Richmond|website=www.nasonline.org|access-date=2016-06-08}}
  • 2013 Charles Lathrop Parsons Award of the American Chemical Society, "For distinguished public service to chemistry through advocacy for higher education, wise counsel and leadership in national science policy, and tireless advocacy for women chemists."{{Cite web|title = 2013 National Award Recipient Citations|url = http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/recipients/2013-recipient-citations.html|website = American Chemical Society|access-date = 2015-12-29|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180130145517/https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/recipients/2013-recipient-citations.html|archive-date = 2018-01-30|url-status = dead}}
  • 2013 Davisson-Germer Prize for "elegant elucidation of the molecular structure and organization of liquid-liquid and liquid-air interfaces using nonlinear optical spectroscopies"{{Cite web|url=http://www.aps.org/units/damop/awards/recipient.cfm?first_nm=Geraldine&last_nm=Richmond&year=2013|title=APS Physics – DAMOP – Recipient|website=www.aps.org|access-date=2015-12-29}}
  • 2013 National Medal of Science{{Cite web|url=http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=137247&org=NSF&from=news|title=President Obama honors nation's leading scientists and innovators {{!}} NSF – National Science Foundation|website=nsf.gov|access-date=December 23, 2015}}{{Cite web|url=http://nationalmedals.org/stories/new-class-of-laureates|title=NSTMF|website=NSTMF|date=22 December 2015 |access-date=December 23, 2015}}{{Cite web|url=http://nationalmedals.org/laureates/geraldine-l-richmond|title=NSTMF – Geraldine L. Richmond|website=NSTMF|access-date=2016-06-07}} for “her landmark discoveries of the molecular characteristics of water; for her creative demonstration of how her findings impact many key biological, chemical and technological processes; and for her extraordinary efforts in the United States and around the globe to promote women in science"
  • 2014 Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award of the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh{{Cite web|url=http://www.ssp-pgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Pittsburgh-Spectroscopy-Award-History.pdf|title=Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award|date=2016|website=Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh|access-date=2016-06-07|archive-date=2020-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001151856/http://www.ssp-pgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Pittsburgh-Spectroscopy-Award-History.pdf|url-status=dead}}
  • 2017 Honorary Doctorate Degree, Illinois Institute of Technology{{Citation|last=IIT Today|title=2017 Illinois Institute of Technology Commencement – Main Ceremony|date=2017-05-13|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqJW53447tg|access-date=2017-06-29}}
  • 2017 Honorary Doctorate Degree, Kansas State University{{Cite news|url=http://themercury.com/news/richmond-we-all-bring-different-perspectives-to-a-problem/article_fbb26d0f-ea28-54cf-810f-119d8a6a526d.html|title=Richmond: We all bring different perspectives to a problem|last=Jackson|first=Kristina|work=The Mercury|access-date=2017-06-29|language=en|archive-date=2023-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507150647/https://themercury.com/news/richmond-we-all-bring-different-perspectives-to-a-problem/article_fbb26d0f-ea28-54cf-810f-119d8a6a526d.html|url-status=dead}}{{Citation|last=K-State|title=2017 Honorary Degree Dr. Geraldine Richmond|date=2017-05-04|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTEKuiLKCBQ|access-date=2017-06-29}}
  • 2018 Linus Pauling Award, Northwest Region American Chemical Society
  • 2018 Priestley Medal of the American Chemical Society{{Cite news|url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/96/i12/meet-geraldine-richmond-2018-priestley-medalist.html|title=Meet Geraldine Richmond, 2018 Priestley Medalist|last=Lemonick|first=Sam|date=March 19, 2018|work=Chemical & Engineering News|access-date=2018-03-19}}
  • 2019 Linus Pauling Legacy Award, Oregon State University
  • 2020 Oregon History Maker, Oregon Historical Society{{Cite web|url=https://www.ohs.org/support/history-makers.cfm|title=History Makers|website=Oregon Historical Society|accessdate=30 March 2022}}
  • 2020 Dickson Prize, Carnegie Mellon University{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmu.edu/dickson-prize/index.html|title=Homepage – Dickson Prize in Science – Carnegie Mellon University|first=Carnegie Mellon|last=University|website=www.cmu.edu|accessdate=30 March 2022}}
  • 2021 Oregon History Maker, Oregon Historical Society{{Cite web |title=2021 History Makers Awards Ceremony |url=https://www.ohs.org/events/history-makers-2021.cfm |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Oregon Historical Society}}
  • 2023 Othmer Gold Medal, Science History Institute{{Cite web |title=Science History Institute Presents 2023 Curious Histories Awards to Trailblazers Geraldine Richmond, David Jukes, and K. Barry Sharpless |url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/about/news/science-history-institute-presents-2023-curious-histories-awards-to-trailblazers-geraldine-richmond-david-jukes-and-k-barry-sharpless/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Science History Institute |language=en-US}}

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  • [http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Richmond&first_nm=Geraldine&year=2013 Prize Recipient Geraldine L. Richmond]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20140527185952/http://richmondscience.uoregon.edu/appt.html Richmond's Homepage]
  • [http://coach.uoregon.edu COACh Homepage]
  • [http://reu.uoregon.edu REU Webpage]

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