Welcome to my website and blog! I’m Larry Rodriguez, a PhD scientist, hiphop head, and award winning stand-up comedian. Check out my publications, learn more about my background and my projects, or check out my methods and resources section to see how I do things!
Since I don’t have enough writing to do (i.e. dissertation, papers, etc), I figured I’d write about the top 20 moments/experiences of my graduate school career. Cover art is a picture I took of the USC School of Pharmacy building in June of 2015, the first day I got to campus.
Thoughts on the economic decision to pursue a PhD, inspired by a post about when academics should retire and the usual “broke grad student” jokes. Cover art inspired by “The Tiger King” on Netflix, but the meme applies to grad school too.
By now, everyone is feeling the effects of the coronavirus outbreak lockdowns. Here what I’ve been up to (in addition to social distancing.) Cover art meme includes the last picture I took in lab.
I’ve made ALOT of breakthroughs in my research these past few months; here is a short update on a paper we submitted. More updates on molecular biology coming soon! Cover art is a collage of figures from the paper.
