Dr. Woolf

Dr. Miriam Woolf

miriam.woolf@woodmontcollege.edu

Biography

Dr. Woolf completed her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Michigan in 2023, where she also finished her master’s in chemistry in 2020. Her dissertation focused on the application of various levels of quantum theory to energy transport in light-harvesting systems. She also has a bachelor’s in chemical engineering from Wayne State (2011) and a master’s in chemical engineering from Cornell (2015), where she worked on organic solar cell research. Upon completion of her degree from Cornell, she returned to Wayne State as a lecturer in engineering and led the curriculum development for the early-engineering programs. She has taught courses such as Engineering Design, Introduction to Programming, Numerical Methods, Materials Science, Biophysical Chemistry, Mathematical Methods for Physical Scientists, Material and Energy Balances, and Organic Synthesis and Characterization. She and her husband reside in Ramat Beit Shemesh.