Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists™
Members Who Joined in 2013
LFHCfS Main page | How To Join | Historical Honorary MembersMember Galleries: 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Early Member Galleries: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 |
NOTE: Some entries include comments. These comments were supplied by the LFHCfS member or by the person or organization who or which nominated her or him.
NOTE: Membership does not expire, but some of the job titles etc. recorded below may have changed since the person became a member.
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 R. Armstrong, Ph.D, LFHCfS |
Roy Armstrong “It is an honour as well as a pleasure to nominate Dr. Roy Armstrong. As you can see, his qualifications, both academic and follicular are impeccable.” |
 K. Bradley, LFHCfS |
Dr. Katriona (Tiger) Bradley “I am a veterinary scientist who has a passion for long haired mammals. My luxuriantly coiffed clients include Angoras, both French and English, American Fuzzy Tops, Jersey Woolys and, of course, the Lionheads; all are long-haired rabbit breeds which are one of my specialist fields. Rabbits are popular pets here in Hong Kong and over the years I have seen many species, both long and short haired. I am a wearer of long hair and a carer of other long hairs. |
 R. Fitzmorris, LFHCfS |
Robert “Bob” Carl Fitzmorris “It is with great excitement that I and the other members of the Zhang Lab at the University of California Santa Cruz nominate our fellow lab mate Bob to the prestigious Luxuriant and Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. Bob’s girlfriend Sarah has also been pivotal in assisting with the nomination process. Bob started to grow his hair out just before he started graduate school during the summer of 2008, proclaiming he wouldn’t cut it off until he received his Ph.D. His luxuriant and flowing locks represent nearly five years of growth and are evidence of his dedication to their cultivation and beauty. Bob often comments on the quality time he spends caring for his hair, particularly brushing it. Although it cannot be measured scientifically, Bob’s luxuriant and flowing hair has inspired him greatly in his quest to successfully synthesize quantum dots for solid state applications.” |
 R. Franconville, LFHCfS |
Romain Franconville, Ph.D. “I’m a researcher at the Janelia Farm Research Campus, where I study the neural control of locomotion in Drosophila melanogaster. My focus is on walking behavior, as flying flies tend to get stuck in my hair.” |
 J. Halpin, LFHCfS |
Jessica Halpin “I’m a MS-wielding microbiologist at a large government agency. I troubleshoot and develop protocols for molecular subtyping of bacterial foodborne pathogens.” |
 B. Hassett, LFHCfS |
Brenna Hassett, Ph.D. “My friend Brenna Hassett posted this photo on Facebook, while admitting: ‘I have big hair’. It is proof of her luxuriant, flowing hair. She’s a postdoc at the Natural History Museum, in London. Her professional details can be found in her professional page, with her hair carefully disguised.” |
 M. Janczyk, LFHCfS |
Markus Janczyk, Ph.D “Markus has specialized in causing interference in various settings which he creates in the psychological laboratory. If not in the lab, he tries to cause an equal amount of trouble by his ragged, mountaineerish appearance that culminates in his (formerly luxuriant) hairstyle.” |
 Lady Lovelace, LFHCfS |
Augusta Ada King née Byron, Countace of Lovelace More information on this member is available on the Historical Honorary Members page “Augusta Ada King (née Byron), Countess of Lovelace wrote the code for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine, and so is often called the first computer programmer. The computer language ‘Ada’ is named after her, and she had a lot of hair! She has inspired a range of computer programmers, steampunk illustrators, and at least one YouTube hair tutorial. You can purchase an image of her hair, via Reddit.” |
 A. Mudigonda, LFHCfS |
Ashwin Mudigonda “I am a roboticist who spends most of his time figuring out how to get robots to behave in an industrial environment in the most efficient way possible. My research gives smarts to many of the traditional robots designed for the automotive industry. Some of the robots I work with are humanoids and are as bald as the Oort Cloud (I love that name), and, perhaps, some day, our research can meld with the Japanese android manufacturers to create handsome coiffed robots!” |
 J. Perez-Cortes, LFHCfS |
Juan-Carlos Perez-Cortes, PhD. “I’m a computer scientist working in the field of Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning. I have been pursuing a |
 L. Porter, LFHCfS |
Dr Lindsay Porter “I am a scientist at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland but spend most of my time with mammalian species who are defined by their lack of hair. Well nearly. As a cetacean ecologist with a particular interest in skin condition and how its condition can be used as a remote indicator of health, I am more concerned with the water that flows across the dermis rather than the locks which flow from it. Nonetheless, a specialist club which combines both hair and science has a tremendous appeal. |
 T. Poston, LFHCfS |
Tim Poston, PhD “I work in a startup whose flagship product photographs eyes for screening, in a country with far too few ophthalmologists: fast (no eye drops), digitally handled and analysed to detect diabetic, hypertensive, etc., problems. Mathematics has led me to many interesting places. For the The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists, I have attached a scanned photo of myself from forty years ago (I am also notable in the background of the top picture in the Christopher Zeeman Wikipedia page.) The other photo is for the Luxuriant Facial Hair Club for Scientists.” |
 C. Thompson, LFHCfS |
Cherrie Thompson, MSc, DIC, BSc (Hons), BEd “I am a PhD student working on G-protein signalling. Although G-proteins are present in hair cells, my research |
 E. Woolsey, LFHCfS |
Erika Woolsey “I entered the field of coral reef ecology because my hair is most fabulous underwater. These photos were taken during fieldwork on the Great Barrier Reef by researcher and photographer Ed Roberts.” |
Extra:
In 2013 Dr. Simon Gibbons asked us a question about continuing membership standards:
Are members monitored for continued luxuriance and effusiveness?
Should a Hall of Fame be established for those with historical hirsuteness but who have now retired from the club due to reasons either within or without their control.
Yours recedingly (and never previously luxuriant or flowing),
Dr. Simon Gibbons
Mayo Clinic
An Excellent question!
The LFHCfS club was originally begun as The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists, but with time and possibilities, it has grown
into three (3) conjoined clubs, conveniently, each with the same acronym:
- The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists
- The Luxuriant Former Hair Club for Scientists
- The Luxuriant Facial Hair Club for Scientists
While some members have written to resign their membership due to haircut, this is not required. Once inducted into this club, membership is maintained even if the flowing character of the hair is not. Members who’s hair is no longer flowing, may still say that they have former hair and are still in the LFHCfS
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