Join the Lab

First, happy people do better science and make better colleagues. Of course, everyone wants to be happy in their work every day, but the nature of science and scientific evaluation can be inherently frustrating and challenging. Experiments and life don’t always go as planned. I aim to support each lab member so that we can all maintain a sense of pride in our work through any challenges.

Second, my lab places a strong emphasis on teamwork. Cooperative work has the potential to make individual efforts more fruitful, scientific practice more rigorous, and our many hours spent in the lab more enjoyable. Teamwork in the lab translates to shared authorship, open sharing of our methods, data, and findings, attending summer courses and workshops, and other measures of active engagement with the broader scientific community.

Third, teamwork is not incongruent with individual responsibility and career development. To this end, I’ll work with each lab member to develop an individualized career path, network, and scientific reputation.

Finally, I believe that communicating our work to the public is a part of our responsibility as government-funded scientists. Engagements with the public (outreach) will be a routine part of our work in the lab.