Reflecting on her time as a graduate student, Polyxeni Philippidou remembers two intense feelings: insatiable curiosity and endless possibilities for discovery.
“My advisor, Simon Halegoua, showed me how to use the wonder of science to encourage and motivate trainees,” she said. “Every time I would show him new data, he’d excitedly say: ‘You are the only person in the world who knows this right now!’”