Fresh Faculty: Jacob Olshansky

Jacob Olshansky is an assistant professor of chemistry. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physics and chemistry from Haverford College and a doctorate in physical chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. He comes to Amherst after completing his postdoctoral research on photoexcited charge transfer and spin dynamics in DNA at Northwestern University. Jacob Olshansky joins the chemistry department as its newest faculty member. Photo courtesy of Jacob Olshansky. Q: How did you begin