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Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists™

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Members of Long Standing (and long hair) -- Gallery 3
(Most of these members joined in 2003-2004)

These are some Members-in-Good-Hair of the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists.
(NOTE: Some entries include comments; these were supplied by the LFHCfS member or by the person or organization who or which nominated her or him.)

MOSS
"I would like to nominate myself for membership in the LFHCS. I am currently an undergraduate in the chemistry program at SUNY Stony Brook. I have been accepted into Yale's and UCLA's chemistry PhD programs and will be starting one of the programs in Sept. This is a photo of myself in front of a poster showing my research. I will be presenting my paper 'Analysis of the chemical shift changes in the13C NMR of iodoalkynes due to complexation with Lewis bases' at the 227th American Chemical Society's National Meeting."
Walter N. Moss, LFHCfS
Undergraduate chemist
SUNY Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York, USA
<Walter Moss>

AMICEL
"I would like to apply for membership of the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists, whose existence just fascinated me when I came to learn about it in a french newspaper last year. Unfortunately, the article did not give any contact information... So when I finally stumbled upon your website by chance tonight, I felt this was a sign that the time had come to apply. My hair may be long enough now."
Ronan Amicel, LFHCfS
Chief Technical Officer
CAPS Entreprise
Rennes, France
<Ronan Amicel>

HUW KRUGER GRAY
Huw Kruger Gray, LFHCfS
Microbiologist
Guava Technologies
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
<Huw Kruger Gray>
"I nominate my old friend Dr. Huw Kruger Gray, alias Zip, for LFHC membership, submitting as my first choice the handsome and dignified picture attached. Alternatively you can use this other photo, should you prefer chaps to wear hats with ostrich feathers. That settles the hair qualification; as for the science part, Zip has a doctorate in Microbiology from Essex University, UK, and is working for a biotechnology establishment in Boston, U.S."
(Nominated by investigator Marion Doran)

NOTKIN
David Notkin, LFHCfS
Professor and Chair
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, USA
<David Notkin>
"I nominate Dr. David Notkin. Dr. Notkin's beard alone qualifies him for the club"
(Nominated by investigator Michael Ernst)

NARASIMHAN [NOTE: WAS ON VOLUNTARY HAIRCUT SABBATICAL. RETURNED IN JULY 2006. SEE JULY 3, 2006 ENTRY FOR UPDATED PROFESSIONAL INFO.]
"If I had waited for a few more days, I guess I could have attempted to become the first entrant for 2004. But then, having procastrinated long enough, I thought, if not now, then probably never."
Sridharakumar Narasimhan, LFHCfS
Graduate Student
Department of Chemical Engineering
Clarkson University
Potsdam, New York
<Sridharakumar Narasimhan>

FORBES
"I saw an article in The Guardian a couple of weeks ago and realized I MUST propose myself for entry to THE club. I have had luxuriant flowing hair for some 30 years now, at first just to annoy my parents. however, I have found since becoming an arctic ecologist some 15 years ago that my Luxuriant Flowing Hair also has functional value as it keeps my ears and neck warm during field work in the cold. sometimes my beard gets a bit 'luxuriant' as well, thus helping to keep my face and chin warm, too! That's me on the right in the photo."
Bruce Forbes, LFHCfS
Research Professor
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
Rovaniemi, Finland
<Bruce Forbes>

MÜLLER
"I became a doctor two months ago. I really want to become a member."
Reidar Müller, LFHCfS
Department of Geology
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
<Reidar Müller>

ASIMOV -- Historical Honorary Member
Isaac Asimov, LFHCfS
"I nominate biologist, author, and 20th century Renaissance Man Dr. Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) as an Historical Honorary Member. Surely 'Dr. A' is eligible for membership, based on his scientific accomplishments and the admirable tresses that provided such dramatic contrast to a set of sideburns Elvis envied.."
<Isaac Asimov>
(Submitted by Charlie Spencer)

LOVE
"I would like to propose myself (and my hair)."
Jennifer Love, LFHCfS
Technical Associate
Whitehead Institute Center for Microarray Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
<Jennifer Love>

WEI
Cindy Wei, LFHCfS
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Zoology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan, USA
<Cindy Wei>
"I would like to nominate four of my colleagues here at Michigan State University for membership in the LFHCfS."
(Nominated by investigator Russell C. Van Horn)

WAHAJ
Sofia Wahaj, LFHCfS
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Zoology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan, USA
<Sofia Wahaj>
"I would like to nominate four of my colleagues here at Michigan State University for membership in the LFHCfS."
(Nominated by investigator Russell C. Van Horn)

MUECKE
Eva-Maria Muecke, LFHCfS
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Zoology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan, USA
<Eva-Maria Muecke>
"I would like to nominate four of my colleagues here at Michigan State University for membership in the LFHCfS."
(Nominated by investigator Russell C. Van Horn)

DLONIAK
Stephanie Dloniak, LFHCfS
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Zoology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan, USA
<Stephanie Dloniak>
"I would like to nominate four of my colleagues here at Michigan State University for membership in the LFHCfS."
(Nominated by investigator Russell C. Van Horn)

WATTS
Susan Watts, LFHCfS
Assistant Dean and Lecturer
Department of Forest Sciences
University of British Columbia
<Susan Watts>
"I would like to nominate Dr Susan Watts RPF (Registered Professional Forester) from the Faculty of Forestry, UBC. Besides being Assistant Dean, she is also a Bug Expert (Forest Entomology)"
(Nominated by investigator Clare Keating-Husk)

COLES
"I have been informed about the LFHCfS by a number of colleagues around the UK, most of them in my home institution. I figured I should nominate myself before a
more embarrassing nomination is made! I am a chemical diffractionist and I find my hair most useful as protection from all sorts of radiation -- especially cosmic rays."
Simon Coles, LFHCfS
Crystallography Service Manager
EPSRC National Crystallography Service
School of Chemistry,
University of Southampton,
Highfield, Southampton, UK
<Simon Coles>

HARRIS
"Evolutionary psychologists (such as our founding member) note that long flowing hair is valued because it is a costly (hard-to-fake) sign of youth, health and thus probable fertility."
Catherine L. Harris, LFHCfS
Associate Professor of Psychology
Boston University
Boston Massachusetts
<Cathy Harris>

 

 

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