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Swimming took up a lot of Grant’s time in high school. So he had little time to think about his career and beyond.

He did get interested in Biology later in high school, and was involved in Biology competitions.

Grant joins our podcast to share his UC Irvine undergraduate experience, UG Research in Antibiotics, Winning the Goldwater Scholarship, Pursuing in Chemistry, and his Advice for High Schoolers.

In particular, we discuss the following with him: 

• Overall Undergraduate Experience
• UG Research in Antibiotics
• The Goldwater Scholarship
• Chemistry & Biological Sciences Major
• Advice to High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introduction to Grant Lai, UCI []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Overall Experience at UCI []
• Why UCI? []
• High School Interests []
• Transition to College []
• Peers & Profs []
• Starting UG Research []
• Antibiotics Research []
• Research Impact []
• Applying for Goldwater Scholarship []
• Winning the GW Scholarship []
• The GW Difference []
• Outside Class Activities []
• Majoring in Chemistry []
• What’s Next? []
• Impact of Research on Education []
• Advice for High Schoolers []
• Memories []

Our Guests: Grant Lai is a Goldwater Scholar who is studying Chemistry and Biological Sciences at the University of California Irvine.

Memorable Quote: “For most people, I would say almost all my friends did chemistry, because they had a great chemistry teacher in high school. ” Grant Lai.

Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.

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