About
A Biological Sciences undergraduate preparing, step by step, for a life in medicine and research.
Academic path
Iskandar Nasirli is an undergraduate at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, working toward a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences with an emphasis in Health & Medicine. He expects to graduate in May 2029.
His current coursework builds the foundations of the life sciences: human genetics and bioethics, biology and chemistry, each paired with laboratory work.
Current coursework
First clinical steps
In the summer of 2023 he completed a pre-medical internship at Leyla Medical Center in Baku, Azerbaijan. Under supervision, he trained in basic clinical techniques and observed attending surgeons during liver surgery and reconstructive plastic surgery.
How he approaches science
He is drawn to questions that can be answered with evidence. He values careful observation, quantitative thinking and the discipline of checking an idea against data before trusting it.
Looking ahead
His long-term interests lie in cardiovascular biology and neuroscience, and he hopes to pursue medicine with a focus on cardiology and, eventually, cardiothoracic surgery. These are goals he is working toward, not milestones already reached.
Beyond the laboratory
Outside the sciences he reads classical Azerbaijani and Eastern literature, including Nizami Ganjavi and Aliağa Vahid, and takes a serious interest in philosophy and art.
Languages
- English
- Full professional fluency
- Azerbaijani
- Native
- Russian
- Full professional fluency