Samantha Sunnarborg, Spring 2023

Sam graduated from MSU in 2023 with her BS in Physics and minors in Math and Astronomy. With the help of a summer REU research position and her work at MSU, she then continued to graduate school at Brown University pursuing her PhD in Physics with focus in particle physics. She plans to work on data analysis with Dr. Ulrich Heintz on the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland.

 

Sam attributes her acceptance into these great opportunities to her experiences at MSU. With her varying roles ranging from student researcher to MavPASS leader and peer mentor to president of the Physics and Astronomy Club, she feels that getting involved in the department lead to the development of tools and relationships that strengthened her undergraduate career. She has learned that the best experiences are those that feel most uncomfortable at first as that is where she has felt the most growth. She wants to leave MSU encouraging all students to put themselves out there, to identify their goals and push themselves to find people and places that will