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My name is Jennifer Rittenhouse West and I am a theoretical particle physicist. I work with elementary particles such as quarks and electrons, trying to suss out how they behave under various conditions. My 2019 dissertation dealt with particle physics in the cosmological realm but when I shifted to studying quarks, their signatures primarily occur in nuclei. So sometimes I am classified as a nuclear physicist. I'm in love with physics and grateful to be a working physicist in academia.