Improbable Research

Graeme Dixon has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). He says:

It was the week before Hallowe’en and people at work were suggesting we should dress up for the occasion; I dressed as Alice Cooper, but in reality it is more like my “normal” dress code with a bit of make-up (borrowed from my nearest and dearest – thanks Babe!)

Graeme Dixon, LFHCfS
Laboratory Technician
Laboratory Safety Officer
Underwriters Laboratories
Guildford, Surrey, UK

Claudia Carranza has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). She says:

I’ve always been noticed for my luxuriant long and sometimes rebellious hair; which I managed to control during the presentation of my thesis work about  Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli present in the intestine of healthy broilers from the Peruvian shore, to obtain my Veterinary degree at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Now with my hair back to “normal” I’m ready to continue with my post-graduate program in Poultry [management and medicine] to keep on studying Escherichia coli’s pathogenic mecanisms in poultry.

Claudia Carranza, DVM, LFHCfS
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Lima, Peru

Aaron Hoover has joined the Luxuriant Former Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). His sister Melissa Hoover, who nominated him as a birthday gift, says:

Aaron Hoover, currently a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering at UC Berkeley, and soon to be an assistant professor at Olin College in Boston. Aaron works with Professor Ron Fearing in the Biomimetic Millisystems Lab in EECS on rapid prototyping millirobots using long fiber-reinforced composite components. In addition to millirobots, he is also interested in biological systems (like the American cockroach and Anna’s hummingbird) that provide inspiration and insight for understanding and designing novel robots. He dabbles in personal fabrication and the intersection of computer science and mechanical design. His research has been featured on Australian television. Membership in the Luxuriant Hair Club will provide Aaron with a strong foundation for professional success, not to mention the groupies he’s sort of counting on, at this critical juncture in his academic career.

Aaron Hoover, LFHCfS
Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, California, USA

Chris DiBona has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). He says:

I run Science Foo Camp for Google, Nature and O’Reilly. And I have a Master’s  (in Science!) from CMU.  I enjoy caffeinated beverages and noodling around with electronic circuits, sometimes at the same time.

Chris DiBona, MS, LFHCfS
Open Source Programs Manager and Administrator, Google Summer of Code
Google, Inc.
Mountain View, CA, USA

John Patrick Alao has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). He says:

I am a rastaman scientist studying the interactions between the stress response and DNA damage response pathways. I particularly love working with fission yeast cells. I am based in the laboratory of Prof. Per Sunnerhagen.

John Patrick Alao, PhD, LFHCfS
Research scientist
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Lundberg Laboratory
University of Gothenburg
Gothenburg, Sweden

Bald John Sokolowski has joined the Luxuriant Former Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). He says:

My name is Bald John. By day, I am a medical and research photographer at a hospital and research facility in Tucson, Arizona. By night and by weekend, I am an inventor and a scientist of adaptive keyboards as well as a Vespa scooter hotrodder supported by GGR Scooter Club & Garage also in Tucson, Arizona

Bald John Sokolowski, LFHCfS
Tuscon, Arizona, USA