Interviewed! : Deep Sea News

Profile

Craig is temporarily a post-doctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute who is looking for a permanent position. He spends most of his time balancing his overwhelming geekdom with normalcy so he can function in the real world. Luckily his wife likes his geekiness.

Peter Etnoyer is a Graduate Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He studies deep corals and ocean fronts, and he loves to be on the water.

Kevin Zelnio is a Graduate Student Researcher at Penn State studying the ecology of hydrothermal vent and methane seep communities. He raises awareness of the plight of the spineless through folk music.

Google All DSN Posts

Awards & Affiliations

Search

Other Information

My book is coming out. Include a link and thumbnail.

Other random info. A link.

Deep Sea News has moved! Make sure to update your bookmarks and feed readers.

« Say Hello to Matt, the Newest Acqusition! | Main | Jellyfish patrol on Barcelona beaches »

Interviewed!

Category: Scientist!
Posted on: August 2, 2008 6:45 AM, by Kevin Zelnio

For those who care what blathering I have to espouse, my friend Peter Buckland of the blog Forms Most Beautiful, interviewed me regarding my work in the Deep Sea, my views on atheism and religion, evolution, science communication and tattoos. Peter is a nice guy who is doing a PhD in education at Penn State studying the Evolution/Intelligent Design-Creationism issue in schools covered the Dover Trial for the newspaper Voices in Pennsylvania. If you enjoy reading about science and evolution in politics and issues in atheism, I recommend bookmarking his blog!

TrackBacks

TrackBack URL for this entry: http://scienceblogs.com/mt/pings/77911

Comments

He asked you about science & religion & didn't talk about magic! The real debate is still not being discussed! Does the world actually run this way...because of WIZARDS.

Posted by: mordicai | August 2, 2008 8:18 AM

welcome to Duke. We'll see you soon...

Posted by: Andrew | August 2, 2008 9:41 AM

Elequently spoken Kevin! Communication of sciences to everybody is, however, a real skill, and some would say even a gift. Traditionally, science has tended to look down its collective nose at 'popularists', forgetting that unless the next generation of eager-eyed youngsters are captured by the joy/fun/magic of science, there will be fewre and fewer wanting to join, and more chasing the $$$ becoming lawyers, accountants or, (arrgghhhh!!!) managers.

b.t.w - did you catch the latest publication in Zootaxa on the Symphurus that lives around thermal vents?

Posted by: Andrew | August 4, 2008 1:59 AM

mordicai, I am sorry if I offended you beliefs ;)

Andrew, I'll be down there this week to look at housing! Say hi if you see me around.

Andrew (the same?), Thanks! I just found the paper you were talking about. Zootaxa REALLY needs to get RSS feeds or at least email table of contents! Really cool, expect on a post on it in the next week or so.

Posted by: kevin z | August 4, 2008 6:55 AM

I'll be sure to ask my next interviewee (an anthropologist) about magic, wizardry, ensorcelment, vexation, conjuration, and curses. ;-)
Thanks for the plug Kevin.

Posted by: Peter | August 4, 2008 11:21 AM