Sophie Jean Walton

I believe that when people are supported and part of a good community, great science follows. To that end, I have engaged in mentorship, community building, and teaching throughout my time at Stanford.

I am currently a co-facilitator for BioBuds at Stanford. I work with a team of graduate instructors to provide mentorship and training on the "hidden curriculum" of science and run a 10 week research internship for undergraduates. We also provide mentorship and teaching training to postdocs and graduate students. I previously participated in the program as a research mentor and a guest lecturer. As a research mentor, I mentored a freshman during her first research experience, and I helped her develop computational and data analaysis skills.

I was a mentor for the Stanford FAST program during my first two years of graduate school, where Stanford graduate students guided local high school students on self-driven research projects.

I have also provided service for the Biophysics graduate program. I was one of the Social Chairs, and I helped start the Stanford SBiophysics twitter account.