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A Worthy Cause - Feng Zhang, Ph.D. Reflects on CEE's RSI Program

The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) hosted this interview as part of its "A Worthy Cause" series on December 12, 2024 via Zoom. Guest Speaker: Feng Zhang, Ph.D. is a core institute member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, as well as an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, co-director of the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Center for Molecular Therapeutics at MIT, the James and Patricia Poitras Professor of Neuroscience at MIT, and a professor at MIT, with joint appointments in the departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Biological Engineering. Zhang is also an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Zhang received his A.B. in chemistry and physics from Harvard College and his Ph.D. in chemistry from Stanford University. He is a 1999 alum of CEE's Research Science Institute and serves as a CEE Trustee. Moderator: David K. Rensin, moderator, is a Distinguished Engineer at Google where he serves as a technical adviser to Alphabet’s CFO. Dave provides guidance on the appropriate allocation of Google’s capital to its various businesses and long-term technical investments. He has more than 25 years of experience designing and delivering planet-scale cloud and mobile products. He is also a bestselling author and editor with 16 US patents. Dave earned a B.S. degree in Management Science and Statistics from the University of Maryland. Rensin is a former member of CEE’s Board of Trustees. ### The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, was founded in 1983 by the late Admiral H.G. Rickover and Joann P. DiGennaro, President of the Center. The Center’s mission is to nurture high school and university scholars to careers of excellence and leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and to encourage collaboration between and among scientific and technological leaders in the global community. CEE sponsors the Research Science Institute (RSI), USA Biolympiad (USABO), Teacher Enrichment Program (TEP), and STEM Lyceums. CEE programs are provided cost-free to participating students and teachers, thereby leveling the playing field for economically disadvantaged students. The Center’s nonprofit mission is supported by donors. For more information, visit https://www.cee.org Support STEM scholars. Donate at https://www.cee.org/donate