During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry.

Life would be indeed easier if the experimentalists would only pause for a little while!

After some minor pieces of theoretical study that I worked on, a student in my statistical mechanics class brought to my attention a problem in polyelectrolytes.

During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry.

My education at Baron Byng High School was excellent, with dedicated masters (boys and girls were separate).

I have always loved going to school.

After a subsequent interview at Brooklyn Poly, I was hired, and life as a fully independent researcher began.