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biography:
"Nahks" is not the name originally given to me by my parents, but I believe that as one creates his/her/its own identity in the course of living and growing, it's only natural that a particular name for that identity would come about as well. Nahks is mine.
I like to think of myself more often as a scientist than an artist, though my background includes both (double-major in Art and Astronomy & Astrophysics at Penn State). Here is a résumé if you're interested.
I'm married (as of June 2003) and recently reloacted back to State College, PA, after living in Raleigh, NC, while my wife completed a masters in Plant Pathology at NC State University. We originally met at Penn State, where she did her undergraduate work in Horticulture (with a minor in plant pathology).
This fall (2007) I'll be moving to Arizona to start my graduate program in Geosciences, but I intend to customize it a bit to center on planetary sciences and astrobiology, and go on for a Ph.D.
More specifically, my interests can be summarizeded as such:
Astronomy: astrobiology, planetary systems, geosciences, climate modeling, and some cosmology, .
Art: sci-fi/fantasy art, space art, Zen painting and calligraphy, landscapes, and photography.
Others: music (ambient, jazz, and trance, mostly - I'd like to sometime record a few things I've composed in my head), Japan (language and culture), general world history, biology (genetics, evolution), psychology, architecture, technology (particularly the nifty futuristic stuff - y'know, warp drive and space-borne colonies, etc.), and computers.
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