I grew up in the midwest and was introduced to science through science fairs in middle and high school. After getting a degree in Human Biology from Michigan State University, I completed my PhD in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Johns Hopkins, where my husband and I fell in love with the city of Baltimore.
We have since moved to Chicago for a postdoc at UIC. I have switched fields from looking at malarial proteins using X-ray crystallography to using genetic and molecular biology techniques to study protein trafficking pathways in yeast.
Outside of lab, I love to travel (most recently to India for 2 months), paint, run, and read (especially classic literature). I also love trying different foods and wine (perhaps too much for my postdoc salary).
“The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.” -William Lawrence Bragg
Hi: My name is Neha, and I am contacting you with regards to your Scilogs blog on career for science writers. I am currently finishing up my PHD and looking to write for science. If you could spare a few minutes to discuss how you went about it, I will really appreciate it. You can contact me on nrs58@drexel.edu. I look forward to hearing from you.
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