Stefanie Sydlik’s Personal Story
Quote
“I always knew that I wanted to be a chemist.”
Description
Stefanie describes how an exciting “Take Your Daughter to Work Day” convinced her to become a chemist. She considers chemistry to be a bridge between biology and physics that can help explain observations made in everyday life.
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Current title
Chemical Engineering Postdoctoral Researcher in Prof. Robert Langer’s Lab
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MIT title
MIT graduate student ’12 in Prof. Tim Swager’s Lab
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In your current work, where do you find inspiration/real-word application to your research? What about science continues to inspire you?
After finishing my PhD in the Swager lab, I started working as a Post-doc in the Langer lab, where I’ll use chemistry to design synthetic cartilage. Here, I’m drawing ideas from the chemistry of molecules that naturally occur in the human body.
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Growing up, did you know how to play a sport or musical instrument? Which one?
Both! I was on the swim team in high school and crew team in college. I also played piano, violin, viola, and marimba.
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If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?
I would learn to be fluent in another language, probably German (I only speak English and a tiny bit of German).
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Do you have a favorite quotation about science?
“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.” -Albert Einstein
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