Q: What items are on your bucket list?
A: Race an F1 car, travel to International Space Station.
Q: Vanilla or chocolate?
A: Chocolate
Q: What are some of your favorite movies?
A: The Prestige, Inception, Interstellar.
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Q: What is the biggest prize/recognition you’ve ever won/received?
A: When I passed my thesis defense, my labmates gave me a novelty check good for 1 PhD made out to me.
Q: Give us a random fun fact about yourself!
A: I was in an 80’s hair metal cover band in high school.
Q: What is your favorite quote?
A: “Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday.”
Q: What items are on your bucket list?
A: Visit Ireland.
Q: What are some of your favorite movies?
A: Baby Driver, Casablanca, The Lord of the Rings, Children of Men.
Q: What are your favorite books?
A: The Name of the Wind – Patrick Rothfuss, Mistborn – Brandon Sanderson, Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman.
Q: What was your childhood ambition?
A: To be an oceanographer
Q: What are your favorite books?
A: Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Q: Who is your favorite musician?
A: David Bowie
Q: What are you most proud of professionally?
A: First time T cells were shown to mediate cancer regression in humans.
Q: What would you consider to be a perfect day?
A: The perfect day would be about 30 hours long.
Q: Who do you most admire?
A: In Philadelphia, I was constantly reminded of Ben Franklin’s impact on early American values of hard work, enlightened curiosity, and shocking humor.
Q: What is your favorite quote?
A: “The best fertilizer of the land is the footprints of its leaders” – LBJ; presence is an important component of leadership and I’ve learned the most from mentors that lead by example.
