Episode 67: A Neuroscientist&A Science Artist - a podcast by Prasha Sarwate
from 2019-08-14T01:51:34
Our guest today is Lauren Hewitt, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Austin, Texas. Lauren is a science artist and creates beautiful embroidery hoops. She makes and sells embroidery hoops on her website and she is communicating neuroscience through her amazing art. She is a first-generation college graduate and her journey to pursuing her Ph.D. is very inspiring.
In this episode we talk about:
- What's her Ph.D. research work?
- How she graduated grad school debt free?
- How embroidery helped her mental health and became a side gig?
- How her family played an important role in her STEM journey?
- Her favorite advice to get over imposter syndrome.
At the end of the episode, we announce our wonderful GIVEAWAY with Lauren. Follow us on Instagram to learn more.
EDIT* During the interview Lauren mistakenly said that the human body has 5 billion neurons instead of 100 billion. Humans have 100 billion neurons, you can read more about them here.*
Links:
www.instagram.com/Stitching_Hew
Website: www.lthscience.com
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