I've always found it amazing that our most important tool in life is something we don't fully understand. An approximately 1.4 kilogram mass of gray-white matter, located at the top of our body, capable of creating the most amazing thoughts and ideas. Having studied physics for two and a half years at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU for short), I think the most amazing part about nature and the world we live in is that our understanding of physics, from gigantic stars to thousands of light, -years, down to extremely small subparticles, are due to the physical properties that occur between billions of tiny nerve cells in our brains. During the last year of my bachelor's degree in physics, I am specializing in biophysics and the forces acting between different types of cells: how cells transfer data between different organs, how most of our body is governed by fields gradient and the different properties of single particles in our body.] nanotechnology. My goal is to study different processes and properties of our body to eventually understand what happens when the important features that make our brains function properly stop working the way they are supposed to. Although our brains can help us better understand the world, damage and disease to this organ can also destroy the most amazing and brilliant minds. While working as a caregiver in a nursing home in my hometown during summer vacation, I personally experienced what Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases can do to a healthy and intelligent person. In my master's degree, I want to continue studying the physics that drives the brain to help understand the diseases that cause these ailments...... middle of paper ...... everything happens and it often helps me look at the problem that I work on from a different angle, comparing it to the different things I see and think about while running. Enjoying the world to the fullest by understanding physics was the main reason I started studying physics. As I begin to learn and understand more about physics, it is inevitable for me, as a student of science, to not question how I am able to understand all these wonderful things. What kind of physics makes humans capable of understanding the world and all its complications and how can I, by understanding neuroscience, prevent the brain from being less functional due to different diseases and damages? I believe that as a student at UC Berkeley, I will be able to get much closer to answering this question and would be honored to attend UC Berkeley as part of my Master of Science degree..