Alia Qatarneh
Harvard University
Science Raps & More
Alia’s work as a Research Assistant for the Life Sciences Outreach Program at Harvard has allowed her to interact with hundreds of high school students and their science teachers in the New England area. Although there is no formal project at hand, her artistic ways have connected with her academic science focus, resulting in a cross-disciplinary approach to better learning. Alia has created science-themed shirts to raise money for the Children's School of Science in Woods Hole. She has also created science songs/raps that take foundational biology topics (like PCR and mitosis) out of a standard textbook and onto ipods across New England. Her creativity in and out of the lab has inspired many young scientists to look at science with an uncommon lens, resulting in an engagement and connection they never knew science could offer.
