Eric Kenji Lee

Outreach & Mentorship

Communicating the Hidden Curriculum

Despite growing up with great love for neuroscience, I had never met a researcher until I got to college. In my time in academia, I've seen that it's this opacity that keeps talented trainees from making the right decisions and leads to a leaky pipeline. A big part of why I'm still in it is the scientists that took the time to show me how it really works in our field. Mentorship and community-building are how I pay it forward.

Right now

Recently, I was proud to be nominated and serve as a panelist for the COSYNE conference's mentorship panel on “Impacting our communities at every training stage.” At it, I talked about leading the BU / Harvard / MIT neuroscience joint social in Boston and mentoring through Científico Latino.

Mentorship

  • Boston University Graduate Mentors — Boston, MA
    Fall 2019 – Present
  • Científico Latino — GSMI / GSEC Mentor — National program
    Fall 2023 – Fall 2025
  • Puget Sound Alumni Mentor — Tacoma, WA
    Fall 2019 – Fall 2020
  • Take a Logger to Work Day Host — Tacoma, WA
    Fall 2015 – Fall 2019
  • Washington State Opportunity Scholarship Mentor — Seattle, WA
    Fall 2016 – Fall 2019

Community & service

  • BU / Harvard / MIT Neuroscience Joint Social Lead Coordinator
    Fall 2022 – Present
  • Graduate Student Union Representative — SEIU Local 509, Boston University
    Fall 2022 – Spring 2023
  • Curriculum Committee Member — University of Puget Sound
    Fall 2014 – Spring 2015