It was such a joy to talk to Dr. David Hu about how he became engaged in science and his passion for science communication (see the latest issue of our newsletter). During our conversation, Dr. Hu described how he manages his lab of 5 graduate students and 20 undergraduates. “I manage it a bit like a farm,” he said. He sees himself as the main farmer, and has trained his undergrads to build the fences that mainly contain his undergraduates and their projects, but otherwise lets the undergrads be creative, within the bounds of these fences. “Some of our most creative projects were started by undergrads,” said Dr. Hu. He believes that the relatively open structure in the lab leads to this creativity.
To learn more about the projects in Dr. Hu’s lab, check out the Hu Lab for Biolocomotion at Georgia Tech.