A nice card from the Bio Club students

7 Feb 20207 Feb 2020

I love my students. I especially like when they send me nice messages of encouragement. These take various forms, from emails thanking me for a class (sometimes years after they…

Fluffy and the Scientist in 2018

2 Nov 2018

Originally posted on April 15, 2013, but it is significantly updated ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last night we were watching Gabriel (Fluffy) Iglesias' latest special (Note: he is not that Fluffly anymore; he's…

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 20139 Jan 2020

One does 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…