Pardis Sabeti

Computational Biologist and Geneticist

“Find a voice, which requires buckling down and really getting to know yourself, and trust yourself.”

Career Highlights

• Professor of Biology specializing in Infectious Diseases at Harvard University
• Headed a team of scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard that worked to decode the genome of the deadly Ebola virus, whose genetic code was rapidly mutating
• Work has earned her national headlines in the New Yorker, New York Times and Popular Science using words like “trailblazing” and “genius” to describe her accomplishments
• Was heavily influenced growing up by her older sister who set up pretend school during the summer and taught her everything she had learned that year