Every lab that I worked in made me feel welcome. I am grateful that I had the opportunity of working with brilliant young scientists.

CMDB is also a very student-driven program — grad students lead almost all the research in the labs here, which makes the department very focused on grad student training and also provided me with a lot of opportunities to learn different skills.

I appreciate how individuals engage with science here. I am able to investigate my project incorporating my own ideas, as well as gathering feedback from PIs, committee members, lab colleagues, and everyone in the department during progress reports. It's invigorating to discuss my project with people from diverse backgrounds, and...