I am an avid kayaker, rafter, and explorer who has floated the majority of rivers in the Sierra Madre Occidental, and I also founded SierraRios with the goal of protecting these rivers. I learned to kayak on the Russian and SF American Rivers in Northern California in the late 80s/early 90s. I continued paddling 50-80 days/year while pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience at UCSD. My main paddling was in the surf, but also on Southern Sierra Nevada Rivers, the Salt, Verde, Gila, and Colorado in Arizona, and local Southern California and Baja rivers after rainstorms.
Always intrigued by what was south of the border, I had long wanted to explore the rivers of the Sierra Madre. Looking over atlases and rainfall charts, it seemed that this "Mother Sierra" would hold rivers as good or even better than the beautiful Sierra Nevada. It was only after completing my PhD in 1999 that I got the chance to start exploring these rivers, and spent three full seasons doing nothing else but that. I would like to disseminate this information so that others might enjoy the wonders of the Sierra Madre rios in Mexico.
I recently was a postdoctoral fellow at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the lab of Dr. Linda Buck, working on a project to figure out how information from different olfactory receptors is wired into the cortex. Unfortunately, the project I worked on was based on incorrect results, and I had to leave due to my spouse taking a position in Redlands CA. As of January 2009, we have relocated to Redlands. I am working on finishing the guidebooks to Mexico and will look for employment in this region in the future.
See my CV here.
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