About Maja Milas

Maja is currently doing a PhD in physics in Zagreb with a bunch of other people who took their curiosity about the world a bit too seriously. Her path to physics was anything but linear. As a kid, she wanted to be a chef or cake artist (still a solid backup). Later in high school, she was all about coding competitions and was pretty sure she’d end up in IT. But as graduation approached, she had a mini existential crisis: "do I really want to write boring code in an office forever"? Hard no. So she chose physics – and now she writes code in an office... but for science! Zero regrets though (unless we’re talking about housing prices). She did a side quest (she means, Master’s) on gravitational waves but somehow ended up in Vienna, where she (accidentally) fell in love with biophysics. Now she's doing theoretical biophysics (or at least trying to), working with biologists, chemists, and engineers to figure out how those sneaky little cells do their thing. Outside the lab, you’ll find her hanging with friends and family, dancing at socials, or checking cheap flights like it’s her second PhD.