Summer 2022

My name is Yifeng, and I am a rising sixth-year PhD student in the Radoshevich Lab at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. I was born in China, and I moved to Iowa City for my doctoral studies after completing my Bachelors in Decorah, Iowa.

Growing up I have always been fascinated by biological sciences. In college, I was a senior museum assistant of vertebrates at the Hoslett Museum of Natural History. Now I study bacteria in the context of host-pathogen interactions.

As a microbiologist, it can be challenging to get me shut up talking about science. Contradictorily, I always find it hard to actually sit myself down and start writing. Running more experiments and collecting more data have always been the easy excuses. As I’m approaching the end of doctoral study journey, I really need to address all the writings that had quietly piled up at the corner, including dissertation writing, manuscripts, cover letters for postdoc position application, etc.

For this summer, I will be addressing the top 3 writing projects that have been sitting at the top of the priority list. First foremost, I am hoping to finish writing the introduction chapter of my dissertation work. It actually has a deadline of August 1^st as issued by my thesis committee. At the meantime I am finishing writing a manuscript for publication. I also have a thick book chapter to update.

I'm very excited to work with everyone during this year's Dissertation Camp. I can very much use some magic power from body doubling.