This woman can be the next big name in the Science world and that too on the level of Stephen Hawking and Einstein. A Cuban American, Sabrina Pasterski, who was born and brought up in Chicago 1st caught the attention when she walked at the age on 14 in MIT and sought approval for single-engine plane, which was built and flown by her.
Know more about her!
Now this 22 year old is graduated from MIT and a Ph.D candidate at Harvard University. Her research includes studying black holes, understanding quantum gravity and its nature. After studying quantum gravity, the way of understanding the universe can be drastically changed. Her research career includes Sabrina Aircraft Manufacturing, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Boeing Phantom Works and Working with NASA.
Know her achievements
She has received thousands of dollars from National Science Foundation, The Smith Foundation and The Hertz Foundation. Her professors were stunned to see the video of her building the plane and hence, they made sure she got into MIT. She has garnered a lot of attention from NASA and founder of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos. She has already been offered a job by Bezos whenever she is ready.
She believes in simplicity!
Even though she is so popular, she believes in simple life. she doesn’t have accounts on social media nor does she have a smartphone. There is a website of hers named PhysicsGirl and it is updated regularly with her achievements. Even though she is away from social media, she does read all the emails and saves the text. She says “I appreciate your kind words even if I don’t reply.”
What she says about Physics!
As per Pasterski, physics is full of ‘utility’ and is ‘elegant’. She further adds “Years of pushing the bounds of what I could achieve led me to physics.” A part of Pasterski’s simple life is that she doesn’t have too many friends and has never had a boyfriend, an alcoholic drink, or a cigarette. “I’d rather stay alert, and hopefully I’m known for what I do and not what I don’t do,”
Talking about the employment she says that scene for science graduates in the United States is dismal. The subject is quite exciting and isn’t a 9 to 5 thing. When you feel tired, you sleep and when you aren’t tired, do physics.
