Joey
I live in the Bay Area with my wife, Cassie, and a small zoo of animals. I’m originally from Healdsburg, CA.
I studied Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley, where I worked in Luke Lee’s lab and wrote an honors thesis on engineering nanoplasmonic molecular probes. While living in Berkeley, I also worked at ERG Aerospace. I’m currently at Stanford where I work in Beth Pruitt’s lab. In my research I developed nanomechanical force probes capable of measuring piconewton forces at the microsecond time scale. We are currently using the probes to study the sense of hearing at the cellular scale. You can find my publication record here.
Both Cassie and I have been vegetarian since August 2008 and vegan since March 2010. I’ve written about it a few times, but to summarize: I don’t see any self-consistent reason to love certain animal species (e.g. dogs, cats and dolphins) while abusing and killing other species to the tune of 56 billion per year (e.g. pigs, cows and chickens). Misinformation (that we need to eat animals to be happy and healthy) and cultural stigma (wanting to fit in at the dinner table) shouldn’t dictate how we treat animals. We’re strong supporters of Farm Sanctuary among other groups. Please take 10 minutes to learn about what people do in your name and what you can do to make a difference.
