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---
layout: default
title: About
permalink: /about/
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<h2>About</h2>
<figure class="right">
<img src="/assets/images/about/small-profile.jpeg" alt="Garrek Stemo"/>
</figure>
<p>
I’m a molecular/chemical physicist at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan
in the <a href="https://qps-lab-naist-en.labby.jp">Quantum Photo-Science Laboratory</a>
researching interactions between molecules and confined light at femtosecond and picosecond time scales with ultrafast lasers.
</p>
<p>
I am also interested in how governments allocate resources to scientific output.
Funding basic research has a track record of improving quality of life and driving economic growth,
yet governments around the world have been cutting science budgets.
For a myriad of reasons, funding basic science has to increase.
</p>
<p>
This website is my home on the internet, because <a href="https://www.theverge.com/24087834/hank-green-decoder-podcast-google-youtube-web-media-platforms-distribution-future">websites are back!</a>
(now that the internet as we know it <a href="https://www.theverge.com/features/23931789/seo-search-engine-optimization-experts-google-results">is broken</a>
and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/features/23931789/seo-search-engine-optimization-experts-google-results">social media</a> is... not really what we wanted it to be, is it?)
</p>
<h3>Site and tools</h3>
<a href="/feed.xml">RSS feed</a> for posts.
<p>
All of the CSS and HTML—layout, fonts, colors—on this site are my own design.
Simple, fast, and a careful selection of shades of blue.
</p>
Great software is great.
Here are some of my favorites:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://affinity.serif.com">Affinity Designer</a> for most of my graphics needs</li>
<li><a href="https://docs.makie.org/stable/">Makie</a> for making plots in Julia</li>
<li><a href="https://culturedcode.com/things/">Things</a> for task management</li>
<li><a href="https://www.apple.com/keynote/">Keynote</a> for presentations</li>
<li><a href="https://ulysses.app">Ulysses</a> for drafting in Markdown</li>
<li><a href="https://www.apple.com/pages/">Pages</a> for writing (super underrated)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.texifier.com">Texifier</a> for writing LaTeX on macOS, iPadOS, and iOS</li>
<li><a href="https://www.zotero.org">Zotero</a> by far the best reference management software out there</li>
</ul>