WHO THEY ARE: Photographer and Assistant Photographer, Penn Museum.
YEARS AT AT PENN: 13 years for Sarin and 5 for Chiappardi.
WHAT THEY DO: They take photographs of Museum objects for studies, publications and other museums around the world that request images.
HOW THEY GOT STARTED: Sarin volunteered with Museum photographers when she was a high school photography student. Chiappardi studied photography in college, and interned and freelanced here before she came on board full time.
MOST STRIKING THING THEY’VE EVER SHOT: Sarin was struck by the detail in the small Sommerville Gems; Chiappardi says she loved shooting Mayan pottery and Babylonian tablets.
FILM OR DIGITAL?: Both photographers agree—“I think film is far superior and more magical,” says Chiappardi. “Digital is fun and convenient.”
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New research involving Penn Engineering shows detailed variation in lipid nanoparticle size, shape, and internal structure, and finds that such factors correlate with how well they deliver therapeutic cargo to a particular destination.
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