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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); we originally met at Penn State, where my wife did her undergraduate work in horticulture (with a minor in plant pathology). After that we spent a few years in Raleigh, NC, where she got her masters in plant pathology.
Since Fall 2007 I've been a graduate student in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University — I began with a masters program in geosciences, but have moved to astrophysics. In either case, I've tended to customize my program to center on planetary sciences and astrobiology, and I hope to ultimately 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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