i did not grow up thinking explicitly about science, nor did i know i wanted to be a scientist. noone around me was a scientist, but they were extremely hard workers. it wasn’t until probably a year or two before i started graduate school when i realized that i wanted to go to grad school to study, in some sense, how our experiences shape us into who we are (i like to think that our memories do a lot of this shaping). as a result, something i enjoy doing is going out into the real world and sharing my science (and science more broadly) so that i can expose others to science (and if doing science is right for them, hopefully put them on a trajectory to do so).
one avenue that allows me to do that is through MIT’s mcgovern institute for brain research, where both my advisors (josh and ila) are investigators in. they often host many events giving research in the institute (such as myself) an opportunity to share our work to a broader audience. i just wanted to share two instances in which i was sharing my science. enjoy!