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Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists™

Member Gallery One

Members of Long Standing (and long hair)

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Early Members

Today, new members are celebrated in the Improbable Blog (where the LFHCfS has it’s own category),
and are later collected into galleries organized by the year they joined.

But in the past, their luxuriant flowingness was celebrated in these multi-year galleries.

There are 6 of these early galleries, including this one.

Gallery 1 | Gallery 2 | Gallery 3

Gallery 4 | Gallery 5 | Gallery 6

The LFHCfS is getting a fresh trim! Some links are still conditioning—check back soon for the full style!

Members of Long Standing (and long hair) – Gallery #1

Most of these members joined in 2001-2003

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: Some entries don’t include photos. These photos not included 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.

C. Asaro, LFHCfS	Dr. Catherine Asaro Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Maryland, USA Physicist, science fiction author, and Nebula Award winner. <more about this member>”I couldn’t resist”
A. Ashworth, LFHCfS	Alan Ashworth Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Director Breakthrough Toby Robins Breast Cancer Research Centre Institute of Cancer Research. London, U.K. <more about this member>”I nominate Prof. Alan Ashworth for his attempt to revive the Marlo ‘That Girl’ Thomas style hair-flip.” (Nominated by investigator Michael Olson)
M, Bakis, LFHCfS	Michele Bakis Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Research Associate UMass Medical School Worcester, Massachusetts”I am currently a Research Associate in the Program for Gene Function and Expression at UMass Medical. I enjoy both science and luxuriant flowing hair.”
B. Beaty, LFHCfS	Bill Beaty Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Amateur scientist Chemistry Department University of Washington Seattle, Washington <more about this member> <even more about this member>”Those of us with less, we have to do something to get it up. I’m an amateur physicist, physics edu. consultant, and also an electronics designer for the UW chemistry. No grant or other funding though, so I’m not professionally a scientist, more like an independantly supported dilletant as in the early 1800s.”
T. Blumenschein, LFHCfS	Dr. Tharin Blumenschein Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Lecturer School of Chemistry University of East Anglia United Kingdom <more about this member>”I saw the announcement for the LFHCfS, and I thought I had to apply. I hadn’t been alternately teased and complimented for my hair all those years for nothing!”
J, E, & L Bobrow, LFHCfS (BONUS: click on their photo to see a second view of their hair, and of them)	Elisabeth Bobrow Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Electrical Engineer BAE Systems Nashua, New Hampshire, USAJohanna Bobrow Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Biologist [and former (undergraduate) student of club member Steven Pinker’s] Staff Scientist MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington, Massachusetts, USA <more about this member>Laurel Bobrow Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Brain & Cognitive Sciences student MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA “Among the three of us, sisters and all members of LFHCfS, we have more than 7 feet of hair.” SPECIAL NOTE: The Bobrow sisters were jointly named LFHCfS WOMAN OF THE YEAR 2004/5
G & G Brent, LFHCfS	Geoffrey & Gillian Brent Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Geoffrey: Research Scientist Vision Co-operative Research Centre University of New South Wales, AustraliaGillian: Engineering Student University of Western Sydney, Australia”I’d like to nominate my husband and I.”
T. Bye, LFHCfS	Tore Bye Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Department of Health, Environment and Safety University hospital of Trondheim Norway”I think I qualify for membership.”
K. Czerwinski, LFHCfS	Dr. Kenneth R. Czerwinski Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Professor of Radiochemistry University of Nevada, Las Vegas <more about this member>”We nominate our advisor, Dr. Kenneth R. Czerwinski. In addition to his luxuriant, flowing hair, he is a generally groovy science dude. He is moving from MIT to become professor of Radiochemistry at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.” (Nominated by the Actinide Chemistry Group at MIT)
R. DeSalvo, LFHCfS	Dr. Riccardo DeSalvo Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) Project Caltech California, USA”Hi, I guess I could not be missed, your web site has been signaled to me and I will not hide. My hair has a large dynamic range (I generally apply to it a draconian annual cut). After my annual cut it is normally unnoticed, but most of the time, I guess, I qualify.These are fresh photos, half way through the year. If it’s not fun it’s not physics!”
S. Downes, LFHCfS	Stephen Downes Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Senior Research Officer National Research Council E-Learning Group Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada <more about this member>
D. Eamus, LFHCfS	Derek Eamus Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Professor of Environmental Sciences University of Technology Sydney, Australia <more about this member>”My colleagues and I would like to nominate our esteemed Prof for membership to the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. He passes himself off in professional circles as a plant physiologist.” (Nominated by Grant Hose)
R. Erbacher, LFHCfS	Dr. Robin D. Erbacher Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Research Associate on the CDF experiment at the Tevatron Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory <more about this member>”Here are two photos. One is from a couple years ago. I’ll work on a better one. This one demonstrates the hair thing though (I’m on the right).”
R. Ghrist, LFHCfS	Robert W. Ghrist Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Associate Professor Department of Computer Science University of Illinois <more about this member> (Nominated by Jeff Erickson)
KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA M. Gordon, LFHCfS	Matt Gordon Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Graduate student in physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign <more about this member>”I have done much in the past years in order to advance the status of luxuriant, flowing hair, including having some of my own, as evidenced here”
C. Gorski, LFHCfS	Christopher Gorski Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Graduate Student of Computer Science North Carolina State University”I am able to give you this picture which shows my LFH without actually showing much of the rest of me. I am, of course, the red-haired gentleman with his back to the camera, not the almost completely invisible short-haired person in the background. My ponytail itself is about 15″ long right now.”
W. Gray, LFHCfS	Wayne Gray Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Professor of Cognitive Science Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York, USA <more about this member>”I wish to apply for membership. This picture should serve as my application. I am a cognitive scientist.”
J. Greenwood, LFHCfS	Jeremy Greenwood Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Department of Medicinal Chemistry Royal Danish School of Pharmacy Copenhagen, Denmark <more about this member>”I think I qualify.”
L. Hadden, LFHCfS	Lucy Hadden Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Computer Scientist Gene Codes Corporation Ann Arbor, Michigan”I nominate Dr. Lucy Hadden. In the picture, she’s the tall one with the nice, long, flowing hair.” (Nominated by Joshua Brandon Holden, LFHCfS)
M. Hale, LFHCfS	Mark Hale Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Associate Professor Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics Concordia University Montreal, Quebec <more about this member>”I would like to nominate Mark Hale. I think he is an especially qualified candidate, as he has LFH fully circumscribing his entire head. It is not every day you find a scientist with 360 degrees of LFH. You can see a series of pictures of him throughout the years in the bottom lefthand corner of his homepage.” (Nominated by Kate Ketner)
R. M. Harman, LFHCfS	R. Michael Harman Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Linguist Lexicus Mountain View, California <more about this member>”I’m a linguist, currently working for Motorola; previously I’ve worked on research at UC Berkeley, and before that at Johns Hopkins.”
G. Harper, LFHCfS	Greg Harper Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Associate Director Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics (CENPA) University of Washington Seattle, Washington <more about this member> <even more about this member>”The photos are evidence of the eligibility of one Greg Harper for membership of your exalted club.” (Nominated by Dave Walters)
I. Harrus, LFHCfS	Dr. Ilana Harrus Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists X-Ray Astronomer NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland <more about this member>”In becoming a member of LFHCfS I would be fulfilling a long dream of belonging to the same club as Steven Pinker.”SPECIAL NOTE: Dr. Harrus was named LFHCfS WOMAN of the YEAR, 2002/3
W. Hathaway, LFHCfS	William Hathaway Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Member, Technical Staff Science Planning and Scheduling more about this member“This picture should show sufficient reason to include me as a new member in the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists!” (Nominated by NOMINATOR)
I. Horswill, LFHCfS	Ian Horswill Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Assistant Professor Computer Science Department Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois <more about this member>”I nominate Ian Horswill. Truly luxuriant, truly flowing!” (Nominated by Jonathan Handler)
S. Howell, LFHCfS	Steve Howell Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Astronomer WIYN Observatory NOAO Tucson Arizona”We’d like to nominate Dr. Steve Howell, who teaches in the TLRBSE program at NOAO and pursues research on interacting binaries, extra-solar planets, and observational techniques with charge-coupled devices (CCDs).Steve has agreed to the membership and of course, is honored.” (Nominated by Ivy Merriot and colleagues)
KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA C. Huff, LFHCfS	Chuck Huff Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Associate Professor Psychology Department St. Olaf College <more about this member>”It can be easily verified that I have Luxuriant Flowing Hair. You may find the evidence on my web site.”
C. Krause, LFHCfS	Christina M. Krause Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Professor of Cognitive Science University of Helsinki Finland <more about this member>
G. Lesieutre, LFHCfS	George Lesieutre Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Professor of Aerospace Engineering Penn State University University Park, Pennsylvania, USA <more about this member>”The evidentiary photo shows me with my hair down, something rarely seen.”
E. Lichtenberg, LFHCfS	Elinor Lichtenberg Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Undergraduate biology major University of Maryland USA <more about this member> “I am confident about meeting the luxuriant flowing hair requirement, however, I’m not sure if I can be considered a scientist since I am only an undergraduate student (Biology Major at the University of Maryland, College Park).” Since becoming a member: In June 2006, this member wrote to update her information. Graduate Student Nieh Lab Section of Ecology, Behavior, & Evolution Division of Biological Sciences University of California, San Diego, USA We notice that this member has since become: Dr. Elinor Lichtenberg Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of Arizona
G. Lindahl, LFHCfS	Greg Lindahl Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Computer Architect Key Research, Inc Sunnyvale, California USA <more about this member>”The guys at work say I’m a computer architect, but I prefer to view myself as the company’s only astronomer… a REAL science. My hair has flown in zero-g, thanks to the Vomit Comet. I am also a professional admirer of Normal Ramsey, LFHCfS.”
H. Link, LFHCfS	Hildegaard Link, P.E. Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Senior Engineer Corporate Environmental Health & Safety Consolidated Edison Company New York City, NY, USA”A girl friend of mine suggested I join. It seems cool. I hope there are club-associated activities such as symposiums on superheated steam or the human genome project! My friend always makes fun of me because I don’t ‘look like a scientist’ or for that matter an Engineer so I suppose. I guess this is her way of making nice. After reviewing our truly outstanding company I thought I should try to write something a little more dignified but I get tired of being dignified so I’ll say something about my hair. My hair has always had a life of its own. On warm humid days, it takes up the whole sidewalk. It has been remarkable since I was very small, and though I am quite tall, the thing people remember is my hair. My hair always speaks my mood and it is the barely controllable mark of passion in my life.”
A. Lovell, LFHCfS	Amy Lovell Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Bradley Observatory, Agnes Scott College Decatur, Georgia, USA <more about this member>”I nominate Dr. Amy Lovell, astrophysicist and licensed pilot.” (Nominated by Joel Skelton)
K. Marcantonio, LFHCfS	Karen Marcantonio Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Organic Chemist Merck Pharmaceuticals“I would like to nominate my good friend Karen Marcantonio, Organic Chemist, who survived grad school at Penn and has gone on to become a researcher with Merck Pharmaceuticals. I daresay Karen’s hair exemplifies what the LFHCfS is all about, and your Club would be stronger for admitting her.” (Nominated by Jessica Erace)
E. Martin, LFHCfS	Eugene M. Martin Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Graduate student in Neuroscience University of Florida Gainesville, Florida, USA <more about this member>”I am merely a graduate student in Neuroscience, but I love both Neuroscience and my luxuriant, red, flowing hair.”
A. Mauhar, LFHCfS	America Mauhar Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Genetics Researcher Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies San Diego, California, USA <more about this member>”I believe this picture qualifies me for the Scientists with Long Flowing Hair society.”
B. May, LFHCfS	Dr. Brian May Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Astronomer and Rock Star Formerly of Imperial College London And then of Queen UK <more about this member> <even more about this member>Note: There is one other club member who is also a Rock Star named Brian“I nominate Brian May, the lead guitarist of the rock group Queen, for membership of LFHCfS. He studied for a Ph.D. in Infrared Astronomy at Imperial College, London but was unable to complete his thesis due to the competing demands of being a rock star.” (Nominated by Philip G.P. Welch, LFHCfS)
D. McClain-Furmanski, LFHCfS	Dennis McClain-Furmanski Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Assistant Professor Department of Psychology and Human Ecology Cameron University Lawton Oklahoma, USAIn 2006 this member wrote to update his information: Assistant Professor of Psychology School of Arts and Sciences Bluefield State College Bluefield, West Virginia, USA
L. McCullough, LFHCfS	Laura McCullough Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Assistant Professor Department of Physics University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, Wisconsin, USA <more about this member>”This is very cool!”
L. McIver, LFHCfS	Linda McIver Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Lecturer in Computer Science School of Computer Science and Software Engineering Monash University Australia <Linda McIver’s Enhanced Anzac Biscuits>”I am happy to be entitled to join the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists with evidence both of Luxuriant Flowing Hair and scientistness (although not linguistic capabilities) with the submission of the following URL: <www.csse.monash.edu.au/~lindap/graduation.jpg> I’m the one with the silliest hat and the most hair.”
L. Naish, LFHCfS	Dr. Lee Naish Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Computer Science & Software Engineering Department University of Melbourne Australia <more about this member> <even more about this memberg>”I have LFH.”
G. Neely, LFHCfS	Greg Neely Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Graduate student in cellular immunology University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta”I have always had different hair, and I think it is about time I got my ‘props’ for it.”
P. Paravidino, LFHCfS	Dr. Piero Paravidino Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Italy <Mesrmerize>”Hi, I think I can qualify… I’m a chemical researcher in an Italian company, besides being a guitarist in an heavy metal band.”SPECIAL NOTE: Dr. Paravadino was named MAN of the YEAR, 2002/3
S. Parker, LFHCfS	Susan Parker Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Research Associate NGST (Next Generation Space Telescope) Detector Lab Institute for Astronomy Hilo, Hawaii, USA”It is an honor and privilege for me to join LFHCfS”
J. Pearson, LFHCfS	Jim Pearson Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Professor, Air Quality Lab School of Civil & Environmental Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia, USA”I submit this URL as my application into the LFHCfS.”
J. Pelletier, LFHCfS	Jeff Pelletier Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Dept. of Computer Science University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Canada <more about this member> <even more about this membersp> <another view of this member’s hair>
J. Quackenbush, LFHCfS	John Quackenbush Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Investigator The Institute for Genomic Research Rockville, Maryland”I was told I should become a member of LFHCfS. While I would never want to join any organization that would have someone like me as a member, this may be an exception.” (Encouraged to nominate himself by Victoria McGovern: “Dear Dr. Quackenbush: It has come to my attention that you are not yet a member of the LFHCfS. This, in my estimation, is Tragic. You should not hide your light under a bushel basket. To do so will only lead to unhappiness, desperation, and split ends. Go. Go, boldly, forth forthwith. Very sincerely yours, Dr. McGovern.”)
N. Ramsey, LFHCfS	Dr. Norman Ramsey Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Assistant Professor of Computer Science Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA <more about this member>”All these years I thought I had been growing my hair just for fun, but thanks to Ken Shan’s sharp eyes I have learned the real reason: eligibility for membership in the best scientific club in the world!” (Encouraged by Ken Shan)
T. Rector, LFHCfS	Travis Rector Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Astronomer and educator Research Based Science Education Program The National Optical Astronomy Observatory University of Alaska, Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska, USA <more about this member>”The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists is a club to which I would be proud to belong.”
R. Rees, LFHCfS	Richard Rees Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Member, Luxuriant Facial Hair Club for Scientists When he joined: Assistant Professor Department of Physical Sciences Westfield State College Westfield, Massachusetts, USA <more about this member> “I would like to propose myself for membership in this august body” Since becoming a member: In September 2015, this member wrote to update his information and to suggest that he qualifies for 2 of the LFHCfS branches. We agree. Professor Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences Westfield State University Westfield, Massachusetts, USA “I have long been a member of the The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists, having joined in 2001-2003 (I am on the first membership page). Since I have been a member for so long, my profile is now out of date, and I would appreciate it if it could be updated. Here is a more recent picture, and my profile should be updated as follows: I am now a full professor, not an assistant professor. My institution’s name is now Westfield State University (it got promoted too!) My department is now called the Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences. As you can tell from the new picture, I think I am also eligible to be a member of the Luxuriant Facial Hair Club for Scientists.”
R. Schoonover, LFHCfS	Rod Schoonover Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Associate Professor Chemical Physics California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, California, USA <more about this member> <even more about this member>”I nominate Professor Rod Schoonover with my deepest gratitude and appreciation.” (Nominated by Mark Rashkin)
A. Skotowski, LFHCfS	Aga Skotowski Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Graduate student in computer science University of Maryland College Park, Maryland, USA”I should nominate my friend Aga Skotowski. She’s a Comp Sci PhD student at U MD. Up until just recently she was working on mission control software for space missions, but she just switched to working in the Computational Linguistics department under Phil Resnik – another member of the LFHCfS.” (Nominated by R. Michael Harman, LFHCfS)
B. Skwarecki, LFHCfS	Beth Skwarecki Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Graduate student in Molecular BioSciences Rutgers University New Jersey, USA <more about this member>”I would like to nominate myself. Please note that in the photo I am also wearing a luxuriant flowing jacket.”
R. Thurston, LFHCfS	Rachel Thurston Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Polymer Center Battelle Memorial Institute Columbus, OHio, USA <more about this member>”I humbly submit the following two URLs for the study on luxuriant,flowing hair. These are, not surprisingly, my own URLs. The second URL is actually linked from the first URL but is buried in a paragraph and easy to miss.”
T. Vogl, LFHCfS	Tom Vogl Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Research Professor Emeritus Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia, USA”When you announced the club for scientists with long hair. I had no good pictures showing my hair. Recently we had a chicken in the house for R&R and it became curious as to what I was doing. You can see the result”
P. Wernick, LFHCfS	Dr. Paul Wernick Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Department of Computer Science University of Hertfordshire Hertfordshire, England”I wish to nominate my old friend, Paul Wernick.” (Nominated by Jeffrey Borinsky)
D. Whiteley, LFHCfS	Dave Whiteley Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Senior Computing Officer School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering The University of Leeds UK <more about this member>”If you are feeling brave you should be able to see a bad bad bad photo of me on <http://www.ee.leeds.ac.uk/staff/dlw/daveaft.htm>. This photo is quite old, My hair is now greyer, but no shorter.”
J.L. Whitford-Stark, LFHCfS	J.L. Whitford-Stark Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Professor Department of Geology Sul Ross State University Alpine, Texas <more about this member>”I would strongly support the membership and therefor like to nominate Jim Whitford-Stark.” (Nominated by Maarten Willems)
S. Yeh, LFHCfS	Prof. Susan (Lu-Shu) Yeh Member, Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Assistant Professor Department of Life Science Tzu-Chi University Hua-Lien, Taiwan”I would like to nominate myself to enter this club because of the following reasons. First, as you can see in the attached photo, I certainly have (or still have) luxuriant flowing hair. Second, I dyed my hair. I work in a University where wearing uniform for Professor is required. Because I dyed my hair blond this semester, it had generated some discussions about whether Professors should or should not dye their hair. Therefore, I think I am fully qualified as a member of the club.”