In Profile: The Women of USC Chem

Charita

Charita, or Chai as we call her, can tell you where a chemical, material, apparatus or whatever it is you need from the stock room within centimeters of its actual location (No kidding!). Here’s an account of Cha’s highly developed spatial intelligence.

Me: Chai, can I borrow the set of small screwdrivers?

Chai: Take a left when you enter the door, walk 6 paces, open the cabinet on your left, the screwdrivers are in a blue plastic case on the shelf that’s at eye level.

Me: Your eye level or mine?

Chai: [Wry smile]

As you can see, she’s also quite used to handling knuckleheads like me.

But, Chai is by no means a one-trick pony as you’ll find out after the jump.

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Lighting details (photos are assigned numbers according to their order of appearance):

1,2 — 1 flash + 1/4 CTO gel shot through a white umbrella mounted on a light stand on upper camera right

3 — 1st flash (key) + 1/4 CTO gel shot through a white umbrella mounted on a light stand on camera right; 2nd flash (fill) + 1/4 CTO gel attached to a generic ring flash adapter held by photographer