Why I Started This
Read a letter from the founder
Unconventional Neuroscientists
The Social Engine Redefining "Neuroscientist"
The Social Engine Redefining "Neuroscientist"
Most of us didn't start in neuroscience. We arrived through a moment — a health crisis, a random paper, a conversation that stuck. Something clicked, and the brain became the mission. But without a traditional degree or "right" background, many of us still don't feel we belong.
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Dear reader,
I've struggled a lot to find my place in this field. I never formally studied neuroscience, either before or after deciding to pursue it. I taught myself everything I know through textbooks, research papers, and by cold-emailing people.
That made the journey difficult, but it also taught me things that no class ever could. Within two years of pivoting to neuroscience, I led my first research project. Along the way, I got to interact with researchers, clinicians, consumers, investors, and individuals with lived experience.
I wore many hats: researcher, communicator, advisor. I explored several subfields including computational, cognitive, behavioral, and systems neuroscience. Life has been a roller coaster.
But the hardest part of it all was the isolation. My story felt very different from those around me. Then I realized that almost every person I admire in neuroscience has a story like mine. That's just the nature of science. But the people who seemed to enjoy the process most had one thing in common: they had a community.
That's why I created Unconventional Neuroscientists.