Follow Passion
If you are not motivated by your project, do yourself a favor and seek immediate change. Passion is the fuel that sustains the long hours and inevitable setbacks of research.
Guiding Principles
Lab Philosophy
A set of principles that shape how we choose problems, work together, handle setbacks, and build research that lasts.
Principles That Guide Our Work
These are the ideas we try to practice in daily research: how we stay motivated, choose ambitious problems, work through uncertainty, and support each other over the long run.
Fly High
Aim for ambitious goals that reveal opportunities others overlook. Thinking big opens doors that incremental thinking cannot.
Think Differently
Approach high-impact problems from novel angles to make them achievable. The most important problems rarely yield to standard approaches.
Say No
Maintain focus by declining numerous opportunities to concentrate on key priorities. Saying no to the good frees you to say yes to the great.
Have Backup
Simultaneously pursue multiple projects and parallel approaches within single projects. Resilience requires optionality.
Embrace Failure
Learning from setbacks drives faster professional growth than smooth execution. Every failed experiment teaches something a successful one cannot.
Keep Records
Maintain thorough, organized documentation enabling others to understand and build upon your work. Science is cumulative, and your records are your contribution to the future.
Be Nice
Engage in collaborative efforts and volunteer work to strengthen relationships and research partnerships. Science is a community endeavor.