Nicholas Tchekryguin

Hometown: Cypress, TX

Biography

What is your favorite word? What do you like about it?

Impetus. It's a word that "motivates", reminding myself to not stop.

What is on your bookshelf?

War and Peace, with a little bit of dust on-top.

What is one thing people would be surprised to know about you?

I enjoy cooking and learning new culinary techniques. I believe that I can make excellent food although I don't know which part of the Dunning-Kruger curve I am speaking from.

What degrees do you hold and from what institutions?

B.S in Allied Health from Texas A&M.

What excites you about joining Texas A&M School of Medicine for your PhD studies?

Meeting and becoming friends with knowledgeable and like-minded individuals.

If you could meet any scientist throughout history, who would you want to meet and why?

Niels Bohr, so I can understand how a human brain conceptualized quantum mechanics.

Tell us something you are passionate about apart from research.

Like most of my peers, I am immensely passionate about medicine and the intricacies of the human body.