I am a historian of modern science and technology. I'm interested in all kinds of things, many of which have something to do with the chemical sciences and industries, environmental regulation, or computing, data, and information.

I am currently an Assistant Professor in Duke’s History Department. In 2018-19, I was Visiting Assistant Professor in History and Science & Technology Studies at Boston College; from 2016-2018, I was a postdoctoral Ziff Environmental Fellow at the Harvard University Center for the Environment. I'm working on a book (under review with University of Chicago Press) entitled Compound Words: Chemical Information and the Molecular Ideal.

I have a PhD in History of Science from Princeton University (2016). Before that, I spent time as course developer for an online education startup and marketeer for a leading purveyor of collectible figurines. A long time ago, I wrote an undergrad thesis about party scenes in Virginia Woolf novels. I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA.

Contact

evan.heplersmith@duke.edu
@ehepler