Kenji Lee ’15, a Biochemistry and Mathematics major, is currently a Teaching Fellow and Ph.D. student in Neuroscience through the Psychology Brain Science Department at Boston University in Massachusetts. His current research looks at how decision-making occurs at the neurological level. Prior to this, Kenji earned his Master’s in Applied Math at UW Seattle, and worked for 4 years at the Allen Institute for Brain Science as a Research Associate.
00:07 What are you researching?
02:05 How did you get in to this line of research?
04:10 What advice do you have for students who are thinking about graduate school?
06:05 What is something you wish you’d done differently during your time at Puget Sound?
09:45 What’s the outlook of hiring, post COVID-19, in your field?
12:00 What is networking like for graduate programs, as opposed to industry positions?
14:20 What factors influenced your decision for choosing a graduate program?
16:15 How do you find out which professors will be good mentors with well-run labs?
18:10 Last thoughts?