I am a scientist who studies plants. I like plants. I think about plants almost every hour of the day, and several hours of the night as well.

I was a promising graduate student. I landed a position as a professor before I even started to write my dissertation. While I prepared to start my new job, I decided that I would begin by studying the brine that bleeds sideways within the rocks that underlie the inner Aegean region of Turkey.

I love rocks with the unconditional love that you lavish upon a newborn baby.

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