Emily Lugos '20 - Life after Lafayette Chemistry

As part of the Bicentennial Chemistry Department Alumni Symposium,  Emily Lugos '20, will discuss her career path and research work since graduation. 

Emily Lugos graduated from Lafayette College in 2020 with a degree in Chemistry and a minor in Writing. Since then, she has worked as a computational chemist, an applications engineer, and is currently a graduate teaching assistant at Villanova University. Her work focuses on the intersection of disciplines, which led her to specialize in machine learning and natural language processing. Her research explores how semantic modeling can improve automated event coding by better capturing narrative structure and context in news articles. Emily will be graduating from Villanova University with a master’s degree in Computer Science and plans to continue working in data science and machine learning. Outside of her research, she enjoys crocheting, baking sourdough, and spending time with her beagle, Concha Ramirez.