heliophile phantazmator

East Central Florida near the Atlantic coast

  • Born and raised in rural village in Michigan.
  • BA in Biology at Western Michigan University
  • 2 years in U.S. Army - served in South Vietnam and Hawaii
  • MS and PhD in Microbiology at Michigan State University
  • Married 4 years. Divorced.
  • Post-doc at Cornell University
  • 3 years at Oak Ridge National Lab
  • 31 years at Kennedy Space Center. Microbiological aspects of crew life support during future long duration missions or space habitations
  • Homebrewer (beer)
  • Naturist
  • Work
    • Research Scientist with a KSC-NASA contractor
  • Education
    • BA: Biology, MS and PhD, Microbiology at Michigan State University