Category Archives: My Life as a Biologist

Farewell Hubbs

Posted on Wed, 26 Oct 2011 by stef

Today was my last day of work at Hubbs. I’ve been there for 11 years; my only job since graduating college. I’ve worked for everyone in the company. My job description changed more times than I can count. I’ve studied … Continue reading →

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Dirty Jobs

Posted on Mon, 22 Nov 2010 by stef

Mike Rowe ain’t got nuthin’ on me. This is what my co-worker Erica and I got to do on Friday. Our rotifer system needed to be shut down and completely cleaned before we can restart it in January. After draining … Continue reading →

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Live on FOX 5 San Diego

Posted on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 by stef

I went to the San Diego Science Alliance High Tech Fair yesterday with my old boss Ann. We brought a bunch of demo stuff to show the middle- and high school kids. FOX 5 San Diego had a brief clip … Continue reading →

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One Month and Doing Well

Posted on Mon, 6 Oct 2008 by stef

It’s been one month and one day since my surgery. So I decided to celebrate by going to jury duty today. It was a lot of sitting around (on the floor so as to get near an outlet) separated by … Continue reading →

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Roasted Vegetables

Posted on Thu, 2 Oct 2008 by stef

We went down to the Mexico net pens again this week for a big two-day visit. The goal was to get all the weight samples done, hopefully in one day, but we all knew that one day was way too … Continue reading →

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Vamos a Mexico

Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 by stef

Yet another new experience at work. We have a group of open ocean net pens in Mexico, just south of Ensenada. Every six weeks we go down and weight sample the fish and I got to tag along on this … Continue reading →

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Fish People

Posted on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 by stef

I’ve been working with the “fish people” for a bit now, learning the ropes and just trying to figure everything out. Today I got to follow one of the supervisors (Keri) around and learn how they take care of the … Continue reading →

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Peace Out

Posted on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 by stef

My last day as a bioacoustics research assistant. Quite bittersweet. I’ve been Ann’s research assistant for almost eight years. The Bioacoustic Lab ran out of money but luckily a part-time data management position is open with Aquaculture. The other part … Continue reading →

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The Only Post for 2007

Posted on Wed, 8 Aug 2007 by stef

I’m going to steal Clarke’s favorite excuse about why our own personal webpages aren’t updated…it’s like the barber who is too busy to give himself a haircut. ClarkeDesign has been keeping us quite busy, along with hula and uke, and … Continue reading →

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New Mexico Fires

Posted on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 by stef

The first day of summer has come and gone. It sure is nice to be home for the summer. I’ve been surfing and hanging out at the beach and really enjoying my bike rides to work. The flowers are in … Continue reading →

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