ABOUT US: Colleagues
In addition to our Facebook friends, the people listed below deserve
specific acknowledgement for their assistance with this project.
Tobias Baskin, Ph.D.
Studies the physics and molecular biology of plant growth and morphogenesis; is interested in relationships among science, visual art, and poetry.
Arnold Bloom, Ph.D.
Plant scientist, textbook author, and teacher of innovative courses on climate change.
Tony Dumas
Outstanding Teaching Assistant for Wendy Silk's "Earth, Water, Science, and Song" class at UC-Davis.
Brian Glanz
Creative Technologies Manager at the Northwest Association for Biomedical Research (NWABR) and Founder/Director of the Open Science Federation (OSF).
Petr Janata, Ph.D.
Cognitive neuroscientist whose interests include the connections between music, memories, and emotions.
Norm Milstein
Math and science teacher whose offbeat approach to education includes songs and skits.
Dave Nachmanoff, Ph.D.
Touring musician whose songwriting output includes music created in collaboration with students
and community groups.
Pat Pattison
Professor at the Berkee College of Music and an expert on the writing of song lyrics.
Laura Sandage
Davis-based singer/songwriter.
Sid Thomas, Ph.D.
A scientist specializing in plant senescence, and a jazz musician who has recently started writing songs about energy and the nitrogen cycle.
Diane Ullman, Ph.D.
Entomologist, associate dean at the UC-Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and co-director of the
university's art-science fusion program.
Susannah Wood
Founder of the educational community theater groups Opera Piccola and SWEET.