"I was one of those kids who always wanted to be a scientist." An interview with Egle Cekanaviciute.

Share your Science: A Collection of Stories from Scientists

Dr. Egle Cekanaviciute is a Principal Investigator and Research Scientist in the Radiation Biophysics Laboratory at the NASA Ames Research Center. She is also one of the Course Directors for STAR (Spaceflight Technologies, Application and Research), an intensive training course that trains the investigators working in space biology, preparing them for spaceflight experiments. In this interview, we talk about Egle's research in Space Biosciences, and her inspiring journey moving from Lithuania to America to study neuroscience at Harvard University.