Bridget Ierace

Bridget Ierace, Summer 2020Bridget Ierace, picture sent November 2025

- Basic Information -

Time in Larsen Lab: 2020
Basic Project Description: Bridget was able to spend the summer after her graduation working in the lab since her original summer plans were thwarted by COVID-19. We made the best of the situation, and Bridget spent the bulk of the summer diving into non-terminal raindrop properties.

- Dissemination Based on work in Larsen Lab -

- Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers -

None

- Professional Conference Presentations -

B. Ierace, M.L. Larsen, K. O'Dell, and A.B. Kostinski (2020). Exploring the Possible Physical Origins of Raindrops Falling at Non-Terminal Fallspeeds. 2020 Fall AGU Meeting. San Francisco, CA. December 1-17.

M.L. Larsen, B. Ierace, K. O'Dell, and A.B. Kostinski (2021). Investigations into rain droplet fall velocity variability. International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP 2021). Pune, India. August 2-6.

- Student Research Presentations -

None

- Awards won while working in Larsen Lab -

None.

- Post-Graduation Activities and Current Status -

Bridget earned many accolades while a CofC student, but since she didn't officially join the lab until after she graduated we can't really justify listing them above as accomplishments related to her activities in my lab. After graduation she relocated to New York to pursue a graduate degree at the City University of New York Graduate Center.

In her last update, she informed me that she's now a teacher at James Madison High School in Brooklyn, teaching Physics. She further writes, "I graduated from CUNY in May 2024 with an MPhil in physics focused on studying accretion disks around quasars. I am a producer/host for Astronomy on Tap NYC which brings astronomy to bars through fun science talks and trivia for general audiences."
updated: 27 June 2026