User:Kentgen1~enwikibooks

I am a M.S. inorganic chemist who has completed all the requirements of the Ph.D. except to stand for the defense of thesis. Therefore, sometimes I refer to my degree as a Ph.D. (abd) - all but dissertation. My department ran short of fellowship funds, so I would have had to pay tuition. I was already maxed out in student loans and I could not afford it. I got interested in stellar nucleosynthesis and then in Big Bang nucleosynthesis whereupon I became enchanted with cosmology. I am presently studying general relativity.

My undergraduate degree is a B.S.L.A. in chemistry meaning I have a strong liberal arts background in languages, psychology, philosophy and the arts. I also have a good foundation in writing. My degrees are from the Illinois Institute of Technology, but I have attended several other colleges and universities in my academic career.