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HAYS, Kan. -- Dr. Joan Dreiling, a Fort Hays State University graduate, will present her research at a seminar at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, in Tomanek Hall, room 106.

Dreiling is a National Research Council postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md.

She was chosen to attend the Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates and also invited to present her research at technical physics conferences in both the U.S. and Europe.

Dreiling graduated summa cum laude from FHSU in 2008 with bachelor's of science degrees in physics and mathematics. She was also the Torch Award winner in her class.

She earned her Ph.D. in experimental atomic, molecular and optical physics at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Her dissertation, "Asymmetric Interaction between Spin-Polarized Electrons," won the Folsom Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award.