MIT: In His Element in the Chem Lab and the Kickboxing Ring
July 21, 2020
July 21, 2020
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 21 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
Before coming to MIT to pursue a PhD in chemistry, Levi Knippel would spend hours after his workdays at Genentech, where he was an associate scientist, training with two world champion kickboxers. "It helped me break out of my shell," he says of the sport. "This zen state of just me, my body, and my opponent trying to hurt me -- it's like this chess match."
Before coming to MIT to pursue a PhD in chemistry, Levi Knippel would spend hours after his workdays at Genentech, where he was an associate scientist, training with two world champion kickboxers. "It helped me break out of my shell," he says of the sport. "This zen state of just me, my body, and my opponent trying to hurt me -- it's like this chess match."