Mozumdar Crosses the Pacific

Aboard a ferry on a cool, sunny morning, I watched an island slowly emerge from the San Francisco Bay fog. Planning a research trip out west was not easy. I knew my research had to take me to Washington State and California. From my apartment in New York City, these places felt more foreign to me than India. I was not sure how many times I could make research trips, as I had a day job and a night job. In my planning, I had to optimize for two things: I had to visit as many places as possible and