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Brianna Rego
I am a doctoral candidate in the History of Science in the Department of History at Stanford University. I am also a Master's student in paleobiology in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences. My paleobiology research focuses on the biodiversity and evolution of body size in Foraminifera from the late-Permian through the early-Jurassic in an effort to better understand extinction selectivity during the end-Permian mass extinction and biotic recovery during the Triassic. My Ph.D. in the history of science concentrates on late-twentieth century and contemporary history of science and science policy. My dissertation is an elemental history of science and I am writing about polonium in tobacco, arsenic in groundwater, and mercury in fish.
My work on polonium in tobacco was distributed to members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives by the National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids and helped influence legislation for FDA regulation of tobacco."The Polonium Brief: A Hidden History of Cancer, Radiation, and the Tobacco Industry" was published in September 2009:
Isis, 2009100:453-484 PDF
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