{"id":11492,"date":"2025-12-06T23:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T23:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/?page_id=11492"},"modified":"2025-12-07T00:26:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T00:26:02","slug":"about-christophe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/index.php\/the-team\/current-members\/about-christophe\/","title":{"rendered":"About Christophe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#003b71;font-size:clamp(1.743rem, 1.743rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 2.285), 3rem);\"><strong>About Christophe<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d2da2050 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-9d0f3e110b110bc18f985a766f4546eb is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"color:#000000;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"996\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Christophe-1-1024x996.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11532\" style=\"width:398px;height:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Christophe-1-1024x996.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Christophe-1-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Christophe-1-768x747.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Christophe-1.jpg 1106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:clamp(16.293px, 1.018rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.989), 25px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>Favorites<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Element(s):<\/strong> Cobalt<br><br><strong>Physico-chemical constant(s):<\/strong> Planck<br><br><strong>Extracurricular activities:<\/strong> Playing club ice hockey for UR in the winter; hopefully join a club rowing team in the spring\/summer<br><br><strong>Food\/drink: <\/strong>Poutine \/ Shirley temple<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-71b4eccd169ea798832e345abe1767e4 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"color:#000000;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:clamp(16.293px, 1.018rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.989), 25px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>Christophe Boivin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Graduate Student (G1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">B.A. in Chemistry, Hamilton College, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Email:<\/span><strong> <\/strong>cboivin@ur.rochester.edu<br><br>I grew up in Mount Laurel, NJ, a suburb of Philadelphia, PA, with my mom, dad, and older brother Sebastian. 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