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Hiya Jain
Ahmedabad, India
Hiya’s Substack
Essays
  • A Year in Links and Books
  • Notes: The Cost of Polluted Air
  • Last Week in Links and Books
  • The Bad Side of Medicine Comes for Us All
  • A Case Study in Scientific Coordination
Work

Writing scientific histories

I recently graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University where I double majored in History and Neuroscience. There I wrote a thesis on aesthetics in mathematics and worked as a research assistant on a few book projects focused on global political and scientific histories.

Now, I write about science, how institutions must be built for it, and stories of the good ones. I’m also broadly interested in drug discovery, public health, talent-mobility, research infrastructure, and the lives of excellent individuals. I draw heavily from historical precedents and I’m excited to make good ideas from the past relevant today.

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I have recently rediscovered a love for reading fiction and am slowly making my way through the French and Russian classics. I also watch a lot of indie movies, take many long walks, and enjoy sampling (and critiquing) the best sweet-treats wherever I happen to live.

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