Making of a Scientist: Winner of the Nemko Prize

You probably wouldn’t bet on Lauren Reynolds winning a prestigious young-scientist award.

Her father was a mechanic, her mother a stay-at-home-mom, and later, a school-cafeteria worker. Lauren focused on art in high school, then went to an art college, and dropped out.

Yet, indeed, yesterday it was announced that Lauren is this year’s winner of a prestigious international young-scientist award, the Society for Neuroscience’s Nemko Prize.

My PsychologyToday.com article today tells Lauren’s story.