For the past two weeks I had the pleasure of teaching STEM to blind kids in Beirut, Lebanon.The camp was created by Empowerment Through Integration, a non… Read more “Empowerment Through Integration — Summer 2018”

I had the honor of attending the 2018 annual meeting of IPRIME (Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial & Materials Engineering). I presented my research titled “Adsorption… Read more “Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial & Materials Engineering 2018”

This past weekend I was in Washington D.C. at my second conference organized by the Ford Foundation. I gave two presentations, one titled “Probing Interfaces and Mesophases… Read more “National Academy of Science — Washington D.C.”

This weekend, I went to Berkeley’s “PhD for Me” conference to give a talk entitled, “Navigating Graduate School with a Disability.” Presented to a group of undergraduates… Read more “Talk at the University of California Berkeley”

I was invited to be on a panel on career connections at the State Services for the Blind. I spoke about my career path to a group… Read more “State Services for the Blind Panel”

This month I attended the 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, along with some 11,000 to 13,000 chemists. Held in New Orleans, the conference was… Read more “255th ACS National Meeting & Exposition”

This year I served on the Chemists with Disabilities (CWD) committee at the 255th ACS Meeting & Exposition. It was a wonderful opportunity to connect with chemists… Read more “Chemists with Disabilities”

I was invited to give a talk at Michigan State University on my post-doctoral research by my graduate advisor Professor Kenneth M. Merz. I presented a talk,… Read more “Michigan State University”

I was given the opportunity to talk at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. The title of my presentation was “Probing Additive Loading in the Lamellar Phase of… Read more “Carleton College”

Jeff Thompson, caster for Blind Abilities, has produced “A Passion for Science, Dr. Mona Minkara Changes Lives with STEM Curriculum,” a podcast episode that explores my work… Read more “Blind Abilities Podcast”