Brilliance Oppressed | Noorsher Ahmed | TEDxOccidentalCollege

Brilliance Oppressed examines the institutional racism in STEM fields, the cost of this oppression, and the liberation of brilliance.
Noorsher Ahmed is a junior Biophysics major. He is the co-founder and co-president of the student organization, People of Color in STEM, which seeks to promote the interests of students of color on campus who study science and mathematics. He has conducted research at Occidental College, studying microtubule dynamics and their effects on neural circuits, as well as research at University of California San Francisco, innovating novel emulsion-based microfluidic technologies for healthcare and research applications.
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