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Old 07-09-2012, 09:19 PM   #201
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It's really interesting to read everyone's answers. Since there's too many to comment on, i'll just add my own to the mix.

I'm a phd student in physics. Since starting my program, i've realized that research science is not what I want to focus on for the rest of my life. Don't know what my day job will be in the future. But I hope it involves science in some way, and I hope it involves writing.
I'm starting my PhD program in September. I feel the same way about politics, as you do about science. I plan on teaching and writing after I finish, but who knows.
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Old 07-09-2012, 10:51 PM   #202
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Good to see some scientists in the group. I'm a professor of Biology/Neuroscience, and wear a second hat as a Marine Biologist (research on neural control of locomotion in a couple of marine critters). I went through the professorial ranks (Assistant, Associate, Full) in 24 years at a PAC-10 school (now PAC-12), then found a new challenge with an endowed professorship at a smaller East Coast school with an excellent reputation in Marine Science. I've been here 7 years. I'm closing in on my career goal of 100 scientific publications. I didn't start writing fiction until I was 50. No science fiction for me, I guess my neuroscience background has thrust me into my current interest - psychological suspense.

I'm also a part-time single parent, with an adult child and two young 'uns, the oldest of the latter about to enter the teens. So, I have to manage a house, inside and out, and make sure the two youngest get a healthy dose of Daddy-ing.
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Old 07-09-2012, 11:11 PM   #203
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Old 07-10-2012, 12:21 AM   #204
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Good to see some scientists in the group. I'm a professor of Biology/Neuroscience, and wear a second hat as a Marine Biologist (research on neural control of locomotion in a couple of marine critters). I went through the professorial ranks (Assistant, Associate, Full) in 24 years at a PAC-10 school (now PAC-12), then found a new challenge with an endowed professorship at a smaller East Coast school with an excellent reputation in Marine Science. I've been here 7 years. I'm closing in on my career goal of 100 scientific publications. I didn't start writing fiction until I was 50. No science fiction for me, I guess my neuroscience background has thrust me into my current interest - psychological suspense.

I'm also a part-time single parent, with an adult child and two young 'uns, the oldest of the latter about to enter the teens. So, I have to manage a house, inside and out, and make sure the two youngest get a healthy dose of Daddy-ing.
It's really great to see folks from different areas joined together by a common passion. We can learn a lot from one another.
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Old 07-10-2012, 12:41 AM   #205
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Old 07-10-2012, 06:20 AM   #206
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Good to see some scientists in the group. I'm a professor of Biology/Neuroscience, and wear a second hat as a Marine Biologist (research on neural control of locomotion in a couple of marine critters).
Neuroscience is my concentration track! (My university has tracks within the majors.) Dendrites make me smile.
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Old 07-11-2012, 03:11 AM   #208
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Sicklove prob'ly makes more money than the rest of us combined...
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Old 07-11-2012, 04:13 AM   #209
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Old 07-11-2012, 09:19 AM   #210
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Old 07-11-2012, 08:39 PM   #212
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