Clinton Epps has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. Dr. Lauren Gwin, who nominated him, says:
In this photo, Clint is removing, with a lighter-sterilized Swiss Army Knife (and while wearing surgical gloves, purchased for genetic labwork), the eggs of a parasitic flea (“funza” in Swahili) from my foot (I am his wife, and I trust him with knives and flea-removal).
The photo was taken this past week in Iringa, Tanzania, where he is currently conducting fieldwork on wildlife movement through corridors connecting large protected areas.
Clint is a postdoctoral research associate working with Professor Justin Brashares, at UC Berkeley. Clint is in Tanzania as a National Science Foundation International Research Fellow.
Given that I am his wife, I’m allowed to brag on him. Especially after he so expertly removed the funza from my toe, which is healing nicely, thank you.
Clinton Epps, PhD, LFHCfS
Postdoctoral Researcher
Brashares Lab
University of California
Berkeley, California, USA
(Click on the photo to see more detail.)