As a child growing up in Sri Lanka, Nishani Lim’s curiosity for science began to blossom as she spent time with her mother, a marine biology researcher. Now, Nishani spends her days teaching students about the different parts of the human body and how they all work together—it’s all part of her role as a Professional Teaching Fellow in the Department of Physiology.
Nishani compares the study of physiology to assembling a jigsaw puzzle, putting together the pieces to figure out how we function. There’s still a lot that we don’t know about how the body works, but Nishani isn’t fazed—“that’s when it gets really exciting!” She hopes that her students will maintain their curiosity and perhaps one day they may solve some of these mysteries.