Bonderman Travel Fellowship

Tom Gebert

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Neuroscience with Departmental Honors

Undergraduate

2016 Fellows

Hometown: Everett, WA

Travel Locations: Sri Lanka, Thailand, India, Nepal, Indonesia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil

Travel objectives: Tom has spent the last 4+ years approaching the world scientifically. While a scientist at heart, he has come to realize that there are questions that science simply cannot answer. As he travels Tom wants to approach these questions and learn about himself, the world, and spirituality via travel in Sri Lanka, Thailand, India, Nepal, Indonesia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. Tom wants to be completely unscientific as he travels, embracing the world as he sees it, feels it, tastes it, and hears it. He hopes to open himself to the influence of others, objectively learning new ideas rather than imposing his own.