Personal Stories Of Our Chemists Sorted By Their Name
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Dr. Lourdes Alemán
Personal Story:MIT graduate student (’08) in Prof. Phil Sharp’s LabScience Video:Treating Diseases By Using RNAi Technology“My father’s perseverance in getting my family out of Cuba continues to motivate me as a scientist.”
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Nozomi Ando
Science Video:Understanding Chemotherapeutic Drug Targets“Training to be a scientist is like training to be a ninja.”
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Sarah Bowman
Personal Story:MIT postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Cathy Drennan’s LabScience Video:Targeting Ulcer Causing H. pylori Bacteria“My first college degree was in English, and I worked in a successful bookstore before becoming a chemist.”
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Catherine L. Drennan
Science Video:Exploring The Molecular World with X-Ray Diffraction“My dyslexia was so severe that I wasn’t supposed to be able to graduate high school.”
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John Essigmann
Personal Story:William R. and Betsy P. Leitch Professor of Chemistry, Toxicology and Biological EngineeringScience Video:Linking Oxidation To DNA Damage“My first job was analyzing poop… and I thought it was the greatest job in the world.”
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Hector Hernandez
Science Video:Harnessing Microbes For Carbon Dioxide Sequestration“I found the same feeling of community in my scientific career that I have always valued in my extended family.”
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Kateryna Kozyrytska
Personal Story:MIT undergraduate student ('12) in Prof. Cathy Drennan’s Lab“I came to US because I felt like I could have a career in science.”
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Jingnan Lu
Personal Story:MIT graduate student ('14) in Prof. Anthony Sinskey’s LabScience Video:Engineering Enzyme Pathways For Biofuel Development“Chemistry didn’t interest me until I realized I could apply chemistry research to help others.”
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Benjamin Ofori-Okai
Personal Story:MIT graduate student in Prof. Christian Degen’s LabScience Video:Imaging Viruses With Nanoscale MRI“There will be times when you’ll think you can’t do this… but you can. Just work hard and have fun.”
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Stefanie Sydlik
Personal Story:MIT graduate student (’12) in Prof. Tim Swager’s LabScience Video:Detecting Explosives To Save Lives In War Zone“I always knew that I wanted to be a chemist.”
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Samuel Thompson
Personal Story:MIT undergraduate student ('13) in Prof. Alice Ting’s LabScience Video:Designing Probes To Image Proteins Inside Living Cells“Chemistry is an art form… it’s all about your perspective.”
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Darcy Wanger
Personal Story:MIT Graduate Student ('14) in Prof. Moungi Bawendi’s LabScience Video:Labeling Tumors With Quantum Dots“I thought science was done—past tense—by a bunch of old white guys. I was wrong.”