Jesse Mitchell-Reiss

Hi, my name is Jesse Mitchell-Reiss. I am an undergraduate physics student at Reed College in my Junior year with research interests in atomic, molecular, and optical experimental physics as well as condensed matter experiments.

I am currently working in the Heath Lab with Prof. Jennifer Heath on electronic properties and transport in 2D materials. I am in the process of exfoliating graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, and tungsten diselenide to create a prototype field effect transistor, and examining these materials under an optical microscope as well as an atomic force microscope.

I am additionally working on a project with Profs. Lindsey Novak and Isabelle Cohen of the Reed and University of Washington Economics departments, respectively, where my primary focus has been preparing geospatial datasets for analysis of the effects of cellular coverage on gender norms in Africa. My role in the project has largely been preparation of geospatial coverage datasets using R, unifying several historical datasets from different sources and in different formats to facilitate analysis by Lindsey and Isabelle. We hope that these data will show correlation between the extent of mobile coverage and various metrics for gender norms.

When I am not absorbed in my academic life, I am a climbing coach and also climb for my own enjoyment. I manage the student darkroom at Reed, am an avid film photographer, and particularly enjoy alternative, archaic, and complicated processes. I earned my Private Pilot License in 2024 and enjoy flying small planes over the beautiful Pacific Northwest. You can also sometimes find me in a machine shop, wood shop, or at my workbench pouring over a rotating selection of personal projects.