Bob Kao, G3
Bob Kao's interest in science grew from his elementary school Hands-on-Science program when he and his classmates would go out in the field and collect grasshoppers and all sorts of insects. Perhaps his favorite experience was watching the life cycle of the butterfly. His passion for science continued through middle school, and eventually led him to pursue his award-winning science project in the Howard Hughes/NIH Student Teachers Program Internship in high school. This experience led him to attend the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, where his project received first place and the grand award in Botany category. Bob believes the best part of science is sharing findings with fellow students all around the world, and learning about their research interests.
With his NSF fellowship, Bob is investigating the cellular dynamics of morphogenesis during embryonic mouse development in the McMahon laboratory. He finds that one of the fascinating aspects of developmental biology is how complex shapes and sizes of organs are made during the latter stages of embryonic development.
In his two years at Harvard, Bob has enjoyed taking nanocourses offered through the Integrative Developmental Biology initiative, as well as the numerous opportunities to interact and work with MCB faculty members and students from the engineering, physics, and biology backgrounds.
