Abstract
Early on in my master's program, I came upon the paper that set me on my scientific pathway. Having left my job as a mechanical engineer to look for work that I found more meaningful, I was drawn to the study of Acid Rain, because I wanted to play a part in addressing a serious environmental problem and also felt—perhaps because my mother was a chemist—that I really should learn more aquatic chemistry. Working as a field and lab technician in the bustling lab of Charley Driscoll at Syracuse University was a good start.
Highlights
At the same time, I started taking classes for this master’s degree; Charley went on sabbatical, abandoning me to my own thoughts
Having left my job as a mechanical engineer to look for work that I found more meaningful, I was drawn to the study of Acid Rain, because I wanted to play a part in addressing a serious environmental problem and felt—perhaps because my mother was a chemist—that I really should learn more aquatic chemistry
Working as a field and lab technician in the bustling lab of Charley Driscoll at Syracuse University was a good start. (I still think of that as my favorite job ever: two days a week snowshoeing through the Adirondacks to collect surface water, snow, and soil lysimeter samples; the rest of the week in the lab running water chemistry samples)
Summary
I started taking classes for this master’s degree; Charley went on sabbatical, abandoning me to my own thoughts. Having left my job as a mechanical engineer to look for work that I found more meaningful, I was drawn to the study of Acid Rain, because I wanted to play a part in addressing a serious environmental problem and felt—perhaps because my mother was a chemist—that I really should learn more aquatic chemistry.
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