Danielle Markowski

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I graduated from Saint Michael’s College in the spring of 2020 as a Physics and Mathematics double major. Due to the help of my advisors in the math and physics departments, I was able to go into graduate school immediately upon graduating. I am now a full time Ph.D. student at Clemson University in the Physics and Astronomy Department with a concentration in Atmospheric Physics.

Since starting graduate school I have had many fantastic opportunities that have helped shape my goals for life after school. I have been fortunate enough to aid in two NASA sounding rocket missions, where I was able to spend a month in both Alaska and Norway working directly with the NASA and Andøya Space teams. During the summer of 2023 I became a summer fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory, which later gave me the opportunity to become a part-time graduate student employee for the laboratory while still working towards my degree at Clemson.

Receiving a liberal arts education from Saint Michael’s has prepared me for all the challenges that arise in graduate school. I graduated with a strong mathematical and physics background and learned the tools to balance the different projects, teaching assignments, and travel necessary for my future.