As we commenced our new team initiative in creating greater awareness about undergraduate research, we thought that it would be certainly eye opening and intriguing to hear directly from accomplished researchers, educators and NUS student researchers about their experiences. Seeking an intellectual and introspective perspective from our speakers, thus was created our UG Research Diaries series! With speakers ranging from Chemistry to Area studies we bringing thoughts, reflections and research aspirations to live with engaging interviews and sharing by our NUS community.