About

I left a prosperous and fun career to become a freshman. There was no strategy, no risk assessment, no safety net involved in this decision. It was purely impulsive, an evolutionary tension, made up of three fundamental needs:

1. Growth — I outgrew what that trajectory — goods and services — could offer.
2. Integrity — I craved integration between who I am and what I do.
3. Service — I felt an all-consuming urge to tackle more pressing problems for humanity.

That's all….

Over these three years in the graduate program, the latent potential in those impulses unfolded spectacularly. The challenges have catalyzed my growth in extraordinary ways — couldn't be happier with that!

My approach to research and my deepest sense of identity are united in the pursuit of my highest moral and philosophical ideals — truth / clear vision, honesty / transparency, and authentic relationship / collaboration.

The totality of my lab experience has recently brought me to a simple and highly-meaningful understanding in my maturation as a scientist: my highest ideals are also the principles of effective research.

Through science, I want to give something original and useful to society. I don't know what that will be, but I need to find out! I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be — wholeheartedly invested in my PhD studies and excited to see what's possible for the next two years.

I'm seeking a lab and team where I can develop and drive a research goal over the next two years.