Forging a New Path
Author :
Yung S. Lie, Ph.D.
When
I look back and count the years, I am shocked to realize that I’ve been in
science for almost 18 years – since my first job in a lab during sophomore year
of college. That’s almost half of my
entire life! In reality, my love of
science started well before then. As a
child, I was always fascinated by nature.
I loved to collect flowers and plants, as well as the insects that were
on them. Much to my mother’s dismay, I
kept jars filled with caterpillars, grasshoppers, worms and slugs. I also had a large collection of feathers,
butterfly