Christina McBride of Haverford College: Chemistry, Goldwater Scholar, and Natural Product Biosynthesis.

Christina McBride of Haverford College: Chemistry, Goldwater Scholar, and Natural Product Biosynthesis.

Author: Venkat Raman April 29, 2024 Duration: 35:14

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Christina was involved in a lot of activities in High School. She was at Science Fairs. She was on the Tennis team, quiz bowl. She did choir, theater, acapella, and leadership roles.

But Science was her main thing.

Christina joins our podcast to share her undergraduate experience at Haverford College, Interest in Research, Winning the Goldwater Scholarship, and Advice for High Schoolers.

In particular, we discuss the following with her: 

  • Overall Haverford Experience
  • Natural Product Biosynthesis Research
  • The Goldwater Scholarship
  • Advice to High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Introduction to Christina McBride, Haverford College []
  • Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
  • Overall Haverford Experience []
  • Why Haverford? []
  • High School Interests []
  • Research in High School []
  • Transition to College []
  • Peers & Profs []
  • Starting UG Research []
  • The Research []
  • Research Outcomes []
  • Applying for Goldwater Scholarship []
  • Winning The Goldwater Scholarship []
  • The GW Difference []
  • Research Impact []
  • Majoring in Chemistry []
  • Campus Activities []
  • Advice for High Schoolers []
  • Memory []

Our Guest: Christina McBride is a Goldwater Scholar who graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Haverford College in Pennsylvania. Christina is currently pursuing her PhD in Chemical Biology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor.

Memorable Quote: “I can say my main thing is to really explore and to kind of take that jump, even if you feel unprepared, or that you don't necessarily have the skills that other people do, because you want to be able to explore so many different areas. Because even if something is tough, that doesn't mean that it's impossible. ” Christina McBride.

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