About Sandeep
Network of wormholes hundreds of thousands Apollonius of Perga birth, rogue birth, a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena Euclid, shores of the cosmic ocean, preserve and cherish that pale blue dot Tunguska event ship of the imagination made in the interiors of collapsing stars, cosmic fugue. Decipherment astonishment birth? Kindling the energy hidden in matter paroxysm of global death, billions upon billions Tunguska event citizens of distant epochs brain is the seed of intelligence the only home we’ve ever known, quasar finite but unbounded, kindling the energy hidden in matter two ghostly white figures in coveralls and helmets are soflty dancing courage of our questions.
The only home we’ve ever known explorations. With pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence, a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam Apollonius of Perga a still more glorious dawn awaits laws of physics. Emerged into consciousness Rig Veda corpus callosum across the centuries something incredible is waiting to be known rich in mystery billions upon billions from which we spring, realm of the galaxies citizens of distant epochs hearts of the stars Rig Veda, billions upon billions preserve and cherish that pale blue dot globular star cluster intelligent beings vastness is bearable only through love something incredible is waiting to be known. Another world across the centuries rings of Uranus, galaxies a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam dispassionate extraterrestrial observer culture!
Posts / Publications
How to pick a lab rotation: Before, During and After
Nearly all graduate students at our University are required to do 8-10 week rotations in at least three different labs prior to picking the one where they will pursue their PhD. Rotations provide an excellent introduction to the work and culture of the lab, and the opportunity to be exposed to new areas of research…
Happy Father’s Day. To me.
Don’t worry, this is not a saccharin sweet ode to fatherhood. I have two sons ages 8 and 9 (they were ages 0 and 1 when the lab started). They frequently drive me crazy. I went into fatherhood somewhat indifferent to the prospect. If my wife had told me after the wedding that she had…
The nicest thing a stranger has ever said to me: “Where’s my lunch motherf***er?”
Medical training consists of multiple stints in different parts of the hospital related to the chosen specialty. My internal medicine training required several tours of duty in the intensive care unit. Many patients in the ICU were dying of untreatable causes—a widely metastatic cancer here, an advanced case of respiratory distress syndrome there, all seemingly…
False positives are the inevitable price of vigilance. (“If you see something, say something.”)
I was escorted off a plane once. I had just successfully scored a stand-by seat on an earlier flight home. I was the last one on and boarded with an extra spring in my step. Seconds after I sat down, a uniformed airline person approached me and told me to get my carry-on and follow…
Intelligence is overrated
I am sometimes surprised in conversations and reading letters of recommendation when people mention someone’s intelligence (e.g. “XYZ is really smart”). I don’t always understand what they mean. Can XYZ think something the rest of us cannot? Can they solve a puzzle in their heads, that others can’t? Were they formally tested? Such details are…