McNair Scholar Ekram Towsif ’21 works as a Research Assistant in Professor Fred Ellis’ lab. He is a triple major in CIS, Physics, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry who was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh but grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Ekram chose to major in CIS because the program gave him the opportunity to solve interdisciplinary problems that required an understanding of both Physics and MB&B, two of his majors. He has enjoyed learning about the intersection of different scientific fields in topics ranging from exoplanets to the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. He recommends that incoming CIS majors ask and explore difficult questions, as that is when the most interesting science often happens.
Ekram’s project in the Ellis lab has focused on creating simulations and experimental models of a two-dipole PT-symmetric magnetic system. After graduating from Wesleyan, he will begin working towards a PhD in Physics at Emory University in Atlanta.