Swathi Arur

Hometown: Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra, India

@sarur2

I’m a: biologist

My research: I work to understand the role of food and nutrition on maternal health, her children, and their fertility.

What do you typically eat for breakfast? eggs, in any form

What is your favorite snack or candy? plantain chips

What is your favorite spice? cumin seed

What is one food you absolutely dislike? brain in any form

What is one of your favorite dishes? Batata song (Potato curry, in Konkani, a dialect in the konkan coast). This is one of my mother's favorite recipes and reminds me of childhood.

My 4 dream scientist dinner companions:

Rosalind Franklin
M. K. Bhan
Marie Curie
Obaid Siddiqui