Her Story
About Soumya
Soumya Sharma is a doctoral researcher in biological sciences at the University at Buffalo. Her research focuses on signaling pathways involved in cancer development with the goal of contributing to cures for diseases that lack effective treatments. She holds a bachelor's and master's degree in biochemistry and has more than 10 years of experience in the field. In addition to her laboratory work, Sharma teaches undergraduate courses in genetics, biochemistry, and cellular biology, dedicating approximately four hours per week to teaching and mentoring student researchers. She has submitted a first-author manuscript that is currently under peer review. Sharma also holds CITI training certifications and is multilingual, speaking English, Hindi, and some Korean.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Soumya
01What do you attribute your success to?
Success to me is maybe enjoying your own career. If you really enjoy your own life, your own career, your own work, that means you're successful. Money is not being successful. Enjoying your own research, enjoying your own career is being more successful.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I received was from my dad, who said just love the stuff you are doing. If you don't love it, you might not be successful in that career. Even if the career is small, you should love that career for your future, so anything that you love, you should pursue that.
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