Adam Kurth realized he wanted to study math while recovering in a Phoenix hospital bed in late 2020.

With few social outlets, he became intensely focused on his major, mathematics and statistics, as a means of coping; solving proofs and diving into applications through Python coding projects as he recovered. He soon realized he could also apply math to something health related, so he stuck with it, eventually finding himself working on a first-of-its-kind instrument called CXFEL at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute and as an intern for NASA’s Glenn Research Center.

Read the story at ASU News: https://news.asu.edu/20240427-sun-devil-community-math-and-stats-grad-beats-odds-overcoming-serious-health-issues