Anna Barrett has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. She says:
I knew I had to join the club when I saw that Dr. Pinker, a prof during my freshman year, is a central member.
Anna M. Barrett, MD, LFHCfS
Behavioral Neurology/Cognitive Rehabilitation
Assoc. Professor of Physical Medicine
& Rehabilitation, and Neurology & Neurosciences,
UMDNJ–NJMS
Director, Stroke Rehabilitation Research
Kessler Foundation Research Center
West Orange, New Jersey, USA
Noah Gray has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. He says:
Former graduate student in molecular neuroscience. Former postdoctoral researcher in synapse and circuit biology. Current neuroscience editor for Nature. Science, publishing and Web 2.0 obsessed. This is the second time in my life I have grown luxuriant flowing hair and definitely represents my targeted professional look. (I guess these are a kind of additional credentials.)
Noah Gray, Ph.D, LFHCfS
Neuroscience editor
Nature
New York, New York, USA
Fintan Nagle has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. He says:
I’m a 20-year-old computer scientist. My hair been getting slowly more luxuriant over the last six years, with occasional trimming (which meant growth wasn’t monotonous and my hair is not differentiable everywhere, due to the lack of continuity). I think it’s tending to a finite limit, unfortunately (probably logarithmically). Unfortunately it’s not really colourable.
Fintan Nagle, LFHCfS
Graduate student, computer science
University of York
York, UK
Molly Maleckar has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. She says:
My research interests include the role of microstructural and metabolic tissue heterogeneities on the electrical activity of the myocardium, how to best sample all the spicy foods of the planet, and how to maintain long, flowing, luxuriant locks in the context of an on-the-go, urban lifestyle. I am honored to be counted among the scores of scientists throughout history who have amazed humankind with their piercing insight into natural phenomena and gorgeous, tumbling waves of hair.
Molly Maleckar, Ph.D, LFHCfS
Postdoctoral Fellow
Simula School of Research and Innovation AS
Lysaker, Norway
Carolina Aguero has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. She says:
I’m archaeologist of the Universidad de Chile and Dr. (c) in Estudios Andinos in the Universidad Catolica de Perú (Lima). I work at the Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueologicas de la Universidad Catolica del Norte, in San Pedro de Atacama, north Chile (South America., where I’m an Associate Professor). I`m the Editor of Estudios Atacameños Arqueologia y Antropologia Surandinas Journal.
Of course my hair is too long, black and soft — 64 cm exactly. ¿is enough for to be part of the luxuriant hair club? As a member of LFHCfS, I will be the only one Chilean luxuriant scientist at the end of the world.
Maria Carolina Aguero Piwonka, M.Sc., LFHCfS
Associate Professor, Archaeology
Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueologicas
Universidad Catolica del Norte
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Philipp Weisser has joined the LFHCfS – The Luxuriant Facial Hair Club for Scientists. She says:
During my medical research in the field of radiology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University I grew a magnificent, luxuriant facial hair. The reason for that is multifactorial. First of all, science lets grow magnificent, luxuriant facial hair. Further more, „radiation makes beautiful” (old German radiologist saying). Last but not least, my beard is a homage to the Godfather of science in radiology, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen. The luxuriant flowing hair I had as a medical student perhaps qualifies me also for the Luxuriant Former Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS).“ .
Philipp Weisser, MD, LFHCfS
Radiologist
Radiologisches Zentrum Offenbach – Dietzenbach
Offenbach am Main, Germany
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923) has joined the Historical Honorary Members of the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists.
Known as the “Father of Radiology”, he discovered and investigated X-Rays while experimenting with vacuum tubes in 1895. He named them "X-Rays" because they were an unknown form of radiation and he refused to patent his discovery. He received the very first Nobel Prize in Physics (1901). Other honors include a peak in Antarctica, a radioactive element (Rg), and a unit of measurement named in his honor.
Nov 8th, the anniversary of his discovery, is observed both as International Day of Radiology and also as World Radiography Day.
HAIR LEGACY
Images of Röntgen’s beard helped inspire Radiologist Philipp Weisser to grow his own beard, which in turn qualified him to join the hair club.
"…Last but not least, my beard is a homage to the Godfather of science in radiology, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen." – P. Weisser, LFHCfS
Mr. Weisser mentioned this inspiration when he joined the LFHCfS, prompting the club to investigate and decide that, yes, Röntgren did indeed have impressive facial hair!
Brendon W. Smith has joined the LFHCfS – The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. He says:
I began growing my hair in 2013, during graduate school in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Illinois. I was dissatisfied with my clean-cut look, and was seeking a style that would express my individuality, rebelliousness, and love of rock music. As my dissertation grew, so did my hair. It developed into a flowing mane of chestnut curls. In a paramount example of my love of hair and science, I shared a video in Washington, D.C. prior to the March for Science. I defended the importance of science as my locks freely cascaded past my clavicle onto my AAAS Leonardo da Vinci t-shirt. Feast your eyes on the screenshot I have provided.
Brendon W. Smith, Ph.D., LFHCfS
Unaffiliated Nutrition Scientist and Web Developer
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Emily Hofstetter has joined the Luxuriant Flowing, Former, or Facial Hair Club for Social Scientists
(LFFFHCfSS). She says:
While considering an academic career, I quickly realized that an ability to afford hair cuts was a necessary sacrifice, and have been practicing said asceticism ever since. As of 2018 my hair reaches my knees, and I can but pray my wisdom grows with the same dogged persistence. My locks hide tidily in a bun most days, allowing me to reveal my hair in a highly effective display whenever I wish to astonish students and emphasize the effects of Goffmanian front and performance in everyday life.
Emily Hofstetter, Ph.D., LFHCfS
Interactional Researcher
Loughborough University, Loughborough Leicestershire, UK
and University College, London, UK
Daniel Rathbun has joined the LFHCfS – The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. He says:
“They’ll never let you have long hair in the real world. You’ll never get a real job looking like a hippy.” I was told in small-town Texas. Well I showed them! I showed them all!!! —especially the blind patients whose visual prostheses I help to develop. (The young me is shown in this photo flanked by inspirations and Nobel Laureates David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel.) Now I now apply my talents to bionic vision and inspiring future generations of luxuriantly coiffed young scientists.
Daniel Rathbun, Ph.D., LFHCfS
Junior Group Leader
Eberhard-Karls-University, Tuebingen
Centre for Ophthalmology
Institute for Ophthalmic Research
Experimental Retinal Prosthetics Group
Tuebingen, Germany
Chantal Roggeman has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). She says:
I have been told I may never cut my hair, because people would no longer recognize me. Indeed, in international gatherings, I am recognized as “the woman with the long blond hair”. Blond is my trademark, and I enjoy making “dumb blond” jokes in the first person. I have occasionally colored my hair blue, green, orange, purple, pink and fluo-yellow, which I then classify as “artificial intelligence”.
Chantal Roggeman, Ph.D., LFHCfS
Medical Advisor, Immunology
MSD Belgium
Belgium
Christian Steven Hoggard has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). He says:
After finishing my PhD and moving to Denmark for post-doctoral work I began to realise the amount of positive feedback on my glorious locks (no minor revisions needed here!).
Christian Steven Hoggard, PhD., LHFHCfS
Postdoctoral Researcher in Palaeolithic Archaeology and Artefact Morphometrics
Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies | School of Culture and Society,
Aarhus University,
Højbjerg, Denmark.
Danielle Norberg has joined the Luxuriant Flowing, Former, or Facial Hair Club for Social Scientists (LFFFHCfSS). She says:
Some cultures see long hair as part of or as an extension to their sensory system; members of such cultures believe or even experience the loss of important abilities when their hair is cut. For others, their long hair contains their strength. My academic discipline refrains from discounting such beliefs and experiences. So I cannot possibly run the risk of losing my academic or other abilities by ever cutting my hair short. Ergo, for the sake of research and my academic future I must keep my hair as long as possible. Everything else would be irresponsible.
Danielle Norberg, LFHCfS
Graduate student in Literary and Cultural Theory
Eberhard Karls University
Tübingen, Germany
Christian Steven Hoggard
The 2018 Members Gallery for The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists is now available to the public.
Once a year, we gather the listings of all the new inductees into such a gallery – before that, new inductees are only seen individually (in the Improbable Blog) as they join throughout the year.
We invite you to admire these new members, their accomplishments, and also their hair.
This new gallery includes the 2018 inductees into all 6 sibling hair clubs:
Emily Hofstetter
THE STATE of the HAIR CLUBS
The state of the hair clubs is strong! In 2018 the clubs gained 6 new members from 5 countries, for a grand total of 567 members. We have not finished calculating the aggregate length of the new members’ hair.
NOMINATE for MEMBERSHIP
Do you believe that you or someone you know qualifies to be in one of these luxuriant flowing hair clubs for scientists? Or is there someone who deserves to be an Historical Honorary member?
NOTE of DISTINCTION
Please note that the LFHCfS is distinct from the “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men”. That said, we enjoyed watching their video. Bravo gents. Let us know if any of you are also a scientist.
Brittany Fair has joined the Luxuriant Flowing, Former, or Facial Hair Club for Science Journalists (LFFFHCfSJ). She says:
You can call me Chewy. When not in Chewbacca form, my hair also enjoys styles such as Kelp Forest Mermaid, Princess Anna, and Legolas. Its utter independence is bewildering. Although, I do enjoy the surprise hairdo that accompanies each morning.
Brittany Fair, M.S., LFFFHCfSJ
Science Writer
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, California, USA
Kwan-Liu Ma has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists
(LFHCfS). He says:
I grew up in Taiwan, where—in the seventies—long hair was banned for students. Naturally, I started growing my hair once I moved to the US for graduate school. I have worn my hair long ever since, barring a brief short-haired period in my job hunting days in an attempt to look professional. I work on transforming data into visual representations for discovery and communication of insights. Though it lies in the field of computer science, my work involves a significant component of design and artistic expression. While I consider myself a designer by profession, people who meet me for the first time probably consider me a designer by hair. Over the years, I trust my visualizations (due to their aesthetics) have become as recognizable as my hair has at conferences. I am delighted to be a member of the LFHCfS—it is nice to be recognized for both my computer science work and my long flowing hair in the same membership.
Kwan-Liu Ma, PhD., LFHCfS
Distinguished Professor, Computer Science
University of California at Davis
Davis, California, USA
Ashley Edwards has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). She says:
For a while, early in my career as a scientist, I watched Australian lungfish spawning. Then, for even longer, I watched blue tongued lizards having sex. Now I mostly tell undergrad students about it. All the while I have been ‘that lecturer with the really long blonde hair’. But I’ll have you know that blonde is more than just a hair colour—blonde is a State of Mind. ANYONE can be blonde!
Ashley Edwards, PhD., LFHCfS (and 2019 Ig Nobel physics prize winner, for studying how, and why, wombats make cube-shaped poo)
Senior lecturer
Bachelor of Science degree coordinator
Associate Head, Learning and Teaching
School of Natural Sciences
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
A new list of “The 50 Most Influential Living Psychologists in the World“ includes
The most valuable thing about most “Most” lists, one could argue, is the arguments they can provoke. This particular “Most” list is the work of an organization called TBS.
Alexander Levin has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). Russell Moss, who nominated him, says:
Dr. Levin is a renowned researcher of grapes. He loves to water them and also not water them and write papers about it. One thing that he is careful to water are his long curly locks. Tales of his follicular fortitude often precede him at conferences at which he is a guest speaker. When not watering vines or trying new hair tie methods, Dr. Levin can be found exploring Southern Oregon or at the odd Wu Tang concert with his viticulture colleagues.
Alexander D. Levin, PhD, LFHCfS
Viticulturist and Assistant Professor
Department of Horticulture
Oregon State University
Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center
Central Point, Oregon, USA
David Hu has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists
(LFHCfS). He says:
Father-daughter bonding just takes four hair bands. And here is a brief, sad conversation between 9-year-old Heidi and me about that picture:
“Mommy made my hair look like this because I look cute. Do I look cute?”
“No, you look like an old man.”
David Hu, Ph.D., LFHCfS
Ig Nobel Prize Winner (2015 Physics Prize and 2019 Physics Prize)
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biology
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
