Two weeks ago we were joined by Goran Bozinovic, the president and CEO of the Boz Institute to talk about how the Boz Institute is getting high schoolers involved in science and cultivating the next generation of scientists. This week, as a followup, we are joined by Natalie Olander, a high school junior who has participated in the Boz program and credits much of her experience with Boz to her desire to major in STEM and pursue a STEM career after college.

Natalie is a Junior at Veritas School in Newberg, Oregon. She participated in the Boz Institute’s Summer 2020 Research Immersion Program studying aging and protein aggregation related to HFPO-DA stress in C. elegans. Natalie presented her research performed at the Boz Institute in a 3-minute pitch at Oregon Bioscience Association’s annual conference. She is also a co-author on a paper submitted to Scientific Reports looking at child ADHD diagnosis and treatment trends.

Join us as we talk with Natalie about her project and about how working on such a rigorous project while still in high school has shaped her understanding of science and prepared her for college.