My Impossible List

This is a list of things I consider impossible to accomplish, but still strive towards. It’s the kind of stuff you would hear about famous researchers or fictional characters. If you have any way to help me achieve these dreams, please get in touch!

Work-related

  • Name a species
  • Work in a research ethics board
  • Publish in Nature, Science, or Cell
  • Get something named after me
  • Learn data science (R, python)
  • Do research at an ivy league institution
  • Work in synthetic biology
  • Do business consultancy

Intersectional

  • Work on public policy
  • Work in a documentary

Entrepreneurship

  • Have an artisanal cosmetics line
  • Create a food product

Personal

  • Perform stand-up at least once
  • Write a full collection of biotech poetry
  • Get a good following on social media
  • Be part of a work of art
  • Give a talk
  • Give a webinar
  • Get interviewed