‘At heart I’m still looking for good stories that explain things I see in the world around me,’ says senior Kevin Zhou.
Kevin Zhou wants to tell new stories about the physical world we inhabit. 'My life plan has always been to eventually become a theoretical physicist,' says the MIT senior. The plan seems to be working. About to graduate with dual degrees in physics and mathematics, Zhou is a co-author on three papers being published this month in peer-reviewed journals. This fall, he will head to Cambridge University as a 2017 Marshall Scholar. Zhou hopes the Marshall Scholarship will provide him the time and resources to explore his varied interests, which encompass thermodynamics, particle phenomenology, and biophysics. 'If I went straight to a PhD program, a lot of doors would instantly close, and I might not ever know about other possibilities,' he says.
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