Interview by Jonathan Chan, Associate Editor Fun trivia: Favorite food: sushi Favorite genre of music: punk rock Favorite molecule: naphthopyran Favorite TV show: obliged to say Breaking Bad Favorite scientist(s): Craig Hawker and Jeffrey Moore (former research advisers) 1. What type of research does your lab work on, and how might this research change the…

Abstract: The NOAH Water Tunnel Laboratory is currently used to improve our understanding of various aspects of turbulence and fluid mechanics. The goal of this project is to understand the capabilities of a newly installed technology and the opportunities it presents for enhancing the the use of the NOAH Laboratory in the future. The recently…

Author: Salma Elnagar Mentors: Shinsuke Shimojo and Mohammad Shehata Editor: Jagath Vytheeswaran Abstract Flow experience is achieved when a person is said to be “in the zone” as they achieve a fit between skill-and-challenge level in a certain activity. Many of these activities, such as video games, music, or athletic competitions, involve the participation or…

By Alycia Lee, CURJ Associate Editor 1. What motivated you to study neural crest cells? I first became interested in developmental biology when I was a graduate student at Johns Hopkins. As an undergrad, I had taken a curriculum that was similar to the curriculum of physics students here at Caltech, and so I hadn’t…

Author: Natalia Brody, Emory University, Class of 2019 Project Partner: Luca Donini, University of Cambridge Mentors: Ralph Adolphs, Ph.D. and Juri Minxha, Caltech Abstract In the past, neuroscientists have used a single experimental paradigm to study the way we interact with and process the world around us: a subject is shown a stimulus while some…