Science Corps co-founder Dr. Ben Rubin recently sat down with Professor Jennifer Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley, for a wide-ranging conversation. In the interview below, they discuss her experience as a child interested in science, her path to becoming a scientist, and the scientific ethics that come with groundbreaking discovery.
Professor Doudna's own path into science began with a childhood curiosity that eventually led her to become one of the world's foremost biochemists. This conversation offers a rare, personal look at that journey — from an early fascination with the natural world to a career defined by discovery.
Interviews like this one are part of Science Corps's broader commitment to bringing scientists' stories to a wider audience, showing students and communities around the world that science is done by real people with fascinating journeys of their own.