Maryam Zaringhalam is a science and technology policy fellow through the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
She uses her knowledge and skills to help government officials reach decisions informed by science. Zaringhalam trained as a molecular biologist, but right now she’s working on a new mission—to get scientists to talk more openly about the messy process of research, not just the successes but the missteps and failures too. Fun fact: her scientific career began with a favorite toy.
WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP, WHAT GOT YOU THINKING ABOUT A CAREER IN SCIENCE?
I really liked Legos. I just loved seeing the way the blocks came together to make a plane or a building. Then in ninth-grade biology, our class dissected a pig. As I was looking into this pig, looking at all the parts that were like parts that were inside me, I thought, this is kind of like a Lego—all these little organs and systems coming together. That experience sent me into genetics and molecular biology, because that’s a basic level at which parts come together to create a whole.
HOW DID YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A RESEARCHER LEAD YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE PLACE OF FAILURE IN SCIENCE?
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