School and Research Related Links

I’m currently working as a postdoc a UC Berkeley, but I do most of my work at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab at the Berkeley Nanogeoscience Center. 

I also commonly visit the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory and the Stanford Synchroton Radiation Lightsource at SLAC National Accelerator Center.

Take a look at the home page of Caltech, where I received my Ph.D. in chemistry.  Go to the Caltech Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering!

Check out what my Ph.D. advisor, Prof. Nate Lewis does.  Take the time to watch the streaming broadcast of his lecture on “Powering the Planet.”

Visit the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, where I did research with Dr. Rainer Beck in Prof. Thomas Rizzo's lab as a Fulbright Scholar.

Go to the home page of my Alma Mater Reed College.

Look Ma, I’m on TV!

Watch the PBS’s NOVA special on solar energy called “Saved by the Sun,” with a brief appearance by yours truly.

My mug can also be caught momentarily in the short piece from Curious, a production of Thirteen WNET New York, on “Creating an Artificial Leaf” at Caltech.

Watch some of Daryl Hannah’s video podcasts on iTunes or online.  Make sure to watch Episode #28 called “Solar Panels,” featuring me!  OK, not just me... some other people too.

I was also featured in print in an article in Caltech News, the quarterly alumni magazine of Caltech, about some of the work I did on making new materials for solar power using not much more than a $200 Epson inkjet printer!  That work was also featured in Highlights in Chemical Science.

A while back, this blurb appeared in the Reed Magazine when I was awarded my Fulbright Fellowship.

Sites That Make a Difference in the World

The Future Leaders Institute (FLI) builds bold humanitarian leaders. FLI provides the inspiration, structure, and guidance for young people to transform their passions into social and environmental solutions.

A site to make  FREE food available around the world by simply clicking. Why not click every day?

The Student Conservation Association, Inc. is changing lives through service to nature. Help preserve natural spaces by working for them, being a volunteer, or an intern!

Check the weekly updates of the water quality of California’s beaches.

Help protect our wild places, beaches and our access to rock climbing.

Vegetarian Sites

A great list of Los Angeles vegetarian restaurants and other great veggie info.

A list of worldwide Vegetarian Restaurants with some reviews also.

Another site with listing of worldwide Vegetarian Restaurants and Health Food Stores.

This is a site with lots of Vegetarian Recipes and other useful information.

Check out this very international site promoting Vegetariansim around the world for nearly 100 years!

Sites Just for Fun!

What do gumdrops, geodesic engineering and miniature golf have in common?  Ever had an intense, physical and aural experience making a t-shirt?  Check it out!

Go see my father's site devoted to the fascinating topic of Monodromy.

Visit the home page of my mother's Paradise Cafe in beautiful Monteverde, Costa Rica... probably the only place in the world to buy a bagel in a cloud forest!

Hatman has some hilarious sketches and jokes... if you speak French.

The Caltech Surf and Windsurf Club has great surfing and windsurfing equipment available to rent.

Surf’s up!  Or is it?  Find out worldwide.

Like live music?  Find tons and tons of free legal downloads of live concerts.

Useful and Informative Links

My favorite search engine is definitely Google.

For all the news that's fit to print, The New York Times.

Save money on all your bills with a free comparison shopping service with LowerMyBills.

Check your weather with the National Weather Service.

Translate text or websites to and from any number of languages at Foreignword. Who knows if it actually works!

Have a good site to recommend?  Please let me know!