When bright, interested undergraduates come in contact with Trish Baisden they often become activated and the result is nuclear chemists. Trish Baisden has been acting as a generator of this very special nuclear material for many years. Trish was involved in starting the ACS/DNCT Nuclear Chemistry Summer School in the early 1980’s. After several years of persuasive discussions - with anyone who couldn’t avoid being cornered - the first school was held in 1984. In the history of the NUCL division it is stated that “Some very capable and dedicated members were responsible for its success, but Patricia Baisden’s extra-ordinary leadership and effort make her a true NUCL Heroine”. In 2013, thirty years after instigating the summer school, Trish became the Principle Instructor for the SJSU site. While 120 students have been transmuted by a summer with Trish, nearly 750 more have benefitted from Trish’s activity. We are all fortunate that the excitation energy is high and the halflife is long for Baisden so as to produce a plethora of nuclear chemists.

TB, a generator of special nuclear “material”

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