Living in a small suburban town the majority of my life, I developed an immensely bottled up desire to explore the world outside my cultural bubble. By the time I'd reached high school, I could feel the whiplash as my seemingly endless search for opportunities to travel continued, having had only minor success a priori: …
Author: Len Sprague
Len Sprague is a chemistry graduate student, summer instructor and writing consultant at Brown University. He is pursuing science writing as a way of sharing knowledge and experiences with a global audience. Len also enjoys cooking, climbing and snowboarding, albeit not at the same time. Follow him on Twitter: @lensprague.
Chemistry and a PhD – Introduction
Welcome to my "Chemistry and a PhD" blog, a place where I will regale you, the readers, with tales of various events throughout my time as a graduate student! Or, on a more variable excitement level, I will discuss the tidbits of knowledge and lessons I have gathered (and am still gathering) along the way. …

The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Although this image and quote belong to the default theme used here, titled "Lovecraft," I felt it was an appropriate blog beginning. ~Len Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton