Carolyn Bertozzi: “If you learned something, it’s not a failure”

Student meets chemistry laureate Carolyn Bertozzi

If you had the chance to meet a Nobel Prize laureate, what would you ask? Karolinska Institutet student Sofia Iskrak met 2022 chemistry laureate Carolyn Bertozzi to ask her pressing questions, including what Bertozzi was like as a student, her favourite science-themed reads, and her advice for students who are thinking of pursuing science. Bertozzi also shared her best advice for overcoming failures in life and in the lab: “If you learned something from it, it’s not a failure.”

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MLA style: Carolyn Bertozzi: “If you learned something, it’s not a failure”. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach 2025. Fri. 5 Dec 2025. <https://www.nobelprize.org/stories/students-meet-nobel-prize-laureate/carolyn-bertozzi-if-you-learned-something-its-not-a-failure/>