Ladies and gentlemen, heeeere’s J.C.

I was walking down Jamestown Road on the Monday of Spring Break when a car swerved my way and came to a stop. Usually there’s a couple of bewildered tourists inside the car wanting to ask directions, as the geography of Williamsburg is complex enough to bewilder a troop of Balkan Boy Scouts.

But J.C. Poutsma is no tourist, for it was him, sticking his head out of the passenger window.

“Very nice,” J.C. said, beaming. He had obviously seen his write-up on the LiveScience website.

“Congratulations, J.C.” I replied. “You’re a media star.” J.C. also is a mass spectroscopy star and a member of our Department of Chemistry.

We were discussing his profile recently featured on the LiveScience feature ScienceLives. He is the first William and Mary researcher to be in this spotlight. One of our more distinguished alumni, Joshua Chamot ’98, is a media officer at the National Science Foundation. The NSF partners with LiveScience to showcase science—and scientists—that benefit from the NSF.

Josh sent me a questionnaire for the feature, which J.C. completed. I sent J.C.’s answers, along with a selection of pictures, back to Josh at the NSF. You can view the result.