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Garrett Paulman |
Established in 2001, the BRIN program was created to expose students to serious biomedical research, build a statewide biomedical research infrastructure between undergraduate and graduate institutions and to strengthen each undergraduate institution’s infrastructure and increase its capacity to conduct cutting-edge biomedical and behavioral research.
Today, we meet Garrett Paulman, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.
Who is Garrett Paulman?
I was born and raised in Sutherland, Neb., where I lived and worked on a farm throughout my high school and part of my college career. I am now an undergraduate studying chemistry at Doane College.
Has science always been a part of your life?
Kind of, I guess, if you consider farming a form of science.
How is it important to you?
It’s probably the most important thing to me at this stage in my life. It is really the only thing determining where I will go in life.
Why did you choose to participate in the BRIN program?
Because of the number of doors that it could potentially open for me in the future and I really just wanted to see what was out there in regard to what kind of workforce I would be entering into with a research career.
What do you hope to gain from the program?
Knowledge of what it takes to be a successful participant in a scientific community.