PiPES Small Town, Big STEM Video Series: Mia Grace Cantrell

Summary

Mia Cantrell, originally from McMinnville, Tennessee, is a third year physics PhD student at Vanderbilt University. She researches the process of wound healing and collaborates with first year students and professors. Mia earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Physics at the University of Tennessee. Physics was not her first pick of major; she started as a chemistry major and found her passion in her Sophomore year in college. Her internship experience with the experimental astrophysics group in Oak Ridge became very important in shaping her career.