At MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Professor Fan Wang tackles innovative research every day. Her work centers on a fundamental question in neuroscience: How does the brain interact with the body to shape our sensations, emotions, and actions'Wang and the students in her lab study the neural circuits underlying experiences such as touch and pain, as well as the sensory and motor systems that allow animals to carry out behaviors like eating, drinking, moving, and vocalizing. This research is inherently exploratory. Understanding how the brain generates complex sensations and behaviors often requires following unexpected findings and pursuing questions whose answers are not immediately clear. She does her best to share the excitement of promising results alongside her students while also working to alleviate their stress when everything doesn't go to plan. Ultimately, she aims to create a research process that is 'both intellectually stimulating and genuinely enjoyable'...
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