Gerry R
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Science |
| Occupation | Postdoctoral Research Scientist |
| Location | NYC, NY, United States |
| Introduction | I'm a post-doctoral research scientist studying paleoclimatology. As a scientist I spend a lot of time with data - generating it in the lab, looking at it, slicing and dicing and modeling it. When I'm not in the lab, using Matlab, abusing Excel or writing papers, I'm trying to keep up with current events. I'm secretly addicted to sports talk radio and constantly fascinated and annoyed by the use/misuse of data - small sample sizes, outlier events, and wild extrapolation. I'm a political junkie and have very particular tastes in music. |
| Interests | Paleoceanography, paleoclimatology, foraminifera, stable isotopes, trace metal, playing bass, hockey, camping, cats and dogs |
| Favorite movies | Jaws, Star Wars (ep iv, v, vi), Indiana Jones, Terminator, Alien, Aliens, Brazil, The Fifth Element, Casablanca, Blow up, Mad Max, 80's Scorcese, Men in Black 1&2 |
| Favorite music | The Jesus and Mary Chain, Slowdive, Primal Scream, Ride, Curve, Chapterhouse, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Portishead, Pixies. Rockethouse, Aerial Love Feed, Lovely. |
| Favorite books | The Metamorphosis, On the Origin of Species, The Great War and Modern Memory, Class, Crime and Punishment, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions |