Olivera finn biography for kids

It seems like many of the successful women scientists I've profiled here have careers that follow a fairly straight path, from youthful science fairs to long hours in the lab and field as graduate students and postdocs.

I think it's interesting to read about scientists whose careers took a more roundabout route.

Olivera finn biography for kids

One such scientist is Olivera "Olja" Finn, Professor and Chair of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology.

A recent profile in Science talks about her non-traditional (at least for a scientist) background. Finn grew up in the former Yugoslavia aspiring to direct plays.

That changed when she met American college exchange student Seth Finn. Despite her youth - she was fresh out of high school - they married and moved to the United States.

After briefly attending college in California and Indiana, she ended up in Puerto Rico, where her husband was serving in the Coast Guard.

At the urging of her father, a theater manager with geology and biology degrees, Finn h