Position Associate Professor of History Office Phone (609) 258-6432 Email [email protected] Office 104 Dickinson Hall Website https://history.princeton.edu/people/jennifer-m-rampling Bio/Description Education Ph.D., History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge, 2010 MA, Renaissance Studies, London, 2006 LL.B. Hons, Law, Hull, 1996 Research Interests I am a historian of medieval and early modern science and medicine, specializing in alchemy and early chemistry. In my teaching and research, I explore alchemy’s relationship with natural philosophy, medicine, and culture in pre-modern Europe, focusing especially on interconnections between textual authority and artisanal practice. My work at PRISM is aimed at reconstructing historical experiments as a means of investigating past science. Areas of Research Living and Soft Materials