CESRI People

This was such an interesting group of people. The most diverse scientific interests that I have been exposed to in a while, and everyone was respectful, fun, and intelligent. It was great!

The Leaders
Justin
Justin was our herdsman for the week. The poor guy had to guide us around the city for hours on end. We loved him though. Agi
Amazing. A very interesting woman who totally took care of us and made our stay wonderful. The boys
Jay
Another Davisite. He's the one that I met because the travel agent set us up (she guessed my dates and destinations when I went in to buy my ticket, Jay had gotten to her first you see). We got to travel together on the way to Budapest, which was a relief to me. It is so much easier to navigate with a friend! He's a chemistry student who enamored with quirky sports (ie ultimate Frisbee and Roller derby).

Justin

A circler. While the rest of of herded together like a flock of sheep, Justin was always just within view on the edge of things. Fascinating guy though. He's a mathematician and it was hilarious to watch the rest of us try to relate to that. Also, a very surprising guy in many respects, and an asker of excellent questions, if sometimes disconcerting.

Dan

It turns out that Dan is friends with one of my school buddies in Davis. He has a very quirky sense of humor with deadpan timing and absolutely silly remarks. An evolutionary ecologist.

Greg
Ummm, what to say? I adored Greg. We were immediate buddies. Totally smart. Totally silly. What do you expect from a computer scientist? Outdoorsy too. He and Jay had a lot of fun together.
Chris

A southern boy who studies Organic Chemistry. He was one of the youngest fellows, though you wouldn't have guessed it by any immaturity. Ray
Ah, Ray. Ray is fun. The poor boy flirted with some Hungarian girls early on in the week and we never really let him live it down (mostly because he stayed up so late with said girls that he overslept and we all got a chewing out for tardiness). This guy loves to take pictures and his camera was going off at the most random times! Biochemist. Mike
Mike has a cool walk. I like a man who walks well. He's a computer science guy from Colorado.

Yann

On first impression, you might say that Yann is incredibly shy, but I have decided otherwise. He may not speak very much, but he has the best facial expressions! I don't know how many times he made me laugh with a raised eyebrow. He's a computer science student studying in Krakow.

Eric
A wonderfully surprising sort of guy. Eric is a republican frat boy who defied all the stereotypes (at least the ones imposed by the liberal democrats in Davis). He's another chemist stationed in Prague for the next 2 months. The Girls
Abigail

Had an amazing natural spunk. She is only in her first year of grad school, that impressed me. She's another chemist. Alison
Alison was very quiet at first, but don't let that fool you. I got the impression she is the type to keep up with anyone on anything. She's got guts. And, she is a zoologist of sorts, working with sex traits of lizards. Caroline
My spunky roommate. I think they divided us up based on research interests, but you couldn't get much further than the two of us and still stay in biology. Caroline slices rat brains for a living. Ok, ok, to give her more credit, she studies multiple sclerosis. A prolific storyteller and avid armored swords lady. Mary
Had cool scarves. Studies biomedical engineering and is headed to Berlin this summer.

Erin
An amazingly elegant, athletic, intelligent lady. Another biomedical engineer, from Stanford. We had some great conversations.
Danielle
Danielle was fun. She had the most amazing eyes I've ever seen too. Another biomedical engineer. Used to work on osteoporosis with bear bones brought in by hunters. She's a northern Michigan girl.