I must have been a challenging child.
"Why is it this way?"
"How did that happen?"
"What's next?"
My never ending questions about the world around me manifested as love for nature and animals from a young age.
After graduating from the Cambridge School of Weston (MA) in 2005, I obtained my B.S. in Biology from Beloit College (WI) in 2010. During my time at Beloit I became interested in the evolution of immunity and chose to return to Boston for a post-baccalaureate research fellowship in the Department of Pathology at the Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. I began my Ph.D. in Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis at Emory University in Atlanta, GA in 2012. After receiving my doctorate in 2018, I embarked on a postdoctoral fellowship in the Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research & Education (SPIRE) Program at The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill (IRACDA, NIGMS K12).
I am particularly interested in teaching first generation and underrepresented minority students and the intersection of STEM education and cognitive psychology in the classroom.
"Why is it this way?"
"How did that happen?"
"What's next?"
My never ending questions about the world around me manifested as love for nature and animals from a young age.
After graduating from the Cambridge School of Weston (MA) in 2005, I obtained my B.S. in Biology from Beloit College (WI) in 2010. During my time at Beloit I became interested in the evolution of immunity and chose to return to Boston for a post-baccalaureate research fellowship in the Department of Pathology at the Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. I began my Ph.D. in Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis at Emory University in Atlanta, GA in 2012. After receiving my doctorate in 2018, I embarked on a postdoctoral fellowship in the Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research & Education (SPIRE) Program at The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill (IRACDA, NIGMS K12).
I am particularly interested in teaching first generation and underrepresented minority students and the intersection of STEM education and cognitive psychology in the classroom.
Contact me: sonia.laurie@gmail.com
