A good laugh

5 Feb 201527 Dec 2017

I have the best students in the world. End of story. This morning, one of them gave me a good laugh, which by the way, I badly needed. Right after…

What does the title “doctor” really mean?

22 Oct 20133 Jan 2018

One do not absolutely need mentors to succeed in life (I stand corrected; see comments), particularly the scientific life, but a good mentor makes the process much easier! I was…

Why write about science? 2018 Edition

5 Aug 20124 Jan 2018

“Not explaining Science seems to me perverse. When you are  in love, you want to tell the whole world.”  -Carl Sagan Sometimes it is very difficult to explain how an…

Students say the darnedest things! (2015)

1 Feb 20127 Apr 2018

I really like my students (well, most of them anyway... (:-)...). I would not be in this line of work otherwise. For the most part, my students are smart, but…