Splash Biography



GREGORY KONAR, JHU Sophomore studying Molecular Biology




Major: Molecular/Cellular Biology

College/Employer: Johns Hopkins

Year of Graduation: 2018

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

Greg is a sophomore undergraduate student at the Johns Hopkins University studying Molecular and Cellular Biology with a minor in Music. He is from Marlborough Massachusetts and spent a year of high school classes as a student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is an avid researcher and was a perennial science fair competitor in high school, competing as a finalist at the Intel International Science Fair (ISEF) three times. Through these competitions he has developed a passion for research in the fields of cancer and ophthalmology. He works in a research lab at the Wilmer Eye Institute at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute. Outside of the classroom, he is an avid hiker and works for the Appalachian Mountain Club in the Huts system in the White Mountains in New Hampshire. Fun fact about Greg, he is also the Homewood Field announcer for JHU athletics!



Past Classes

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S19: Food Re-Imagined, Molecular Gastronomy in Splash Spring 16 (Feb. 27, 2016)
In this class, we will be looking into cutting edge methods that chefs are employing to mess with a diner's senses. Topics include gelification, spherification, coagulation, and more! We will learn and understand the chemicals used in the molecular gastronomy industry and how the taste signals are received in the brain. There will be a small demonstration were we take commonplace ingredients and turn them into something unique and unexpected.