People of Science with Jon Choy

In this episode, we chat with Sarah Vandal, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Dartmouth’s Molecular and Cell Biology program. She shares her journey as a grad student, giving a behind-the-scenes look at her daily life, balancing experiments, lab meetings, and leadership in Dartmouth’s SACNAS chapter. Sarah reflects on the highs and lows of research, highlighting… Read more

In today’s episode, we chat with Nathalie Alomar, a fourth-year PhD student in Yale’s Ecology and Evolutionarily Biology (EEB) PhD program. She shares how her undergraduate research and the mentorship she received through the MARC program ignited her passion for ecological research. We also dive into her fascinating work studying salamander physiology in the Appalachian… Read more

Synopsis: In this episode, we speak with Jeremy, a 6th year PhD student in Harvard’s Molecular, Cells and Organisms (MCO) PhD program. He discusses his non-traditional educational background as an undergraduate student to pioneering a new bioimaging method as a PhD student. Jeremy also details how interdisciplinary research and teaching have been integral parts of Read more

In this episode, we chat with Ya’el, a 5th-year PhD student in Harvard’s Program in Neurosceince Program. She shares how her childhood curiosity, from repairing broken VCRs to questioning the brain’s mysteries, led her to a career in neuroscience. We explore her research on how class one drugs affect cerebral spinal fluid signaling in the… Read more

You can also listen to this episode on apple podcasts! Synopsis: In this episode, we hear from Davy Deng who is an MD PhD student at Harvard-MIT’s Health Science Technology (HST) joint program. He grew up in the desert, which has significantly impacted his academic and professional journey. In this episode, we learn about the Read more

In this episode, we hear from Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey who is an incoming MD-PhD student at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her parents immigrated from Ghana and worked 9-5s to support Naa throughout her academic and professional career. She is a first-generation college graduate and will begin her journey to becoming a double doctor after… Read more

In this episode, we speak with Sarah Cai who is a 5th year biomedical engineering PhD student at Columbia university. With her graduation around the corner, Sarah reflects on her research and living experiences thus far while providing some valuable lessons along the way. Tune in as she speaks about the fruits of New York,… Read more

In this episode, we speak with Kensi Hartman who is applied to graduate school (PhD) this past application cycle. This fall she will be a first year at Berkeley’s Cell Biology, Developmental Physiology (CDP) program. Tune in as she walks us through her journey to science, provides advice for PhD applications and interviews, and why… Read more

In this installment, we chat with Lucas who is a 4th year neuroscience PhD student at Stanford university. Join us as we discuss his hobbies outside of science, journey to science, research projects, struggles/successes, mentors, the neuroscience program, and future career outlook.  Read more