Nicholas Tchekryguin
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.