whoami

I am ...

• the father of two awesome tykes with boundless energy & thirst for adventure.
• the husband of the most beautiful & hysterically funny woman on earth.
• an engineer, researcher & computer modeler in the renewable energy sector.
• a graduate of UC Berkeley & Boston University mechanical engineering programs.
• a returned Peace Corps volunteer, teaching high school math & science in Tanzania.
• a former high school teacher in Bay Area high schools.
• a nearly native San Franciscan.
• a graduate of Lowell High School.
• a rock climber.
• a runner of East Bay hills.
• a mediocre guitar player & crooner.
• a lover of outdoors & natural beauty, hiking, backpacking, skiing/riding, biking, both in bounds and out, on road and off, but not a big fan of bush-wacking.
• a city boy.
• an avid & compulsive reader of fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, human-drama & classics.
• on Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, LinkedIn, Google+, Yelp, Instagram, Flickr & Blogger.
• a part time amateur hacker on Github, BitBucket & Google (Android) Play.
• loud, loquacious, silly & energetic.
• a hard worker.
• socially progressively, fiscally moderate, a proud democrat & Obama supporter.
• environmentally conscious, focused on stewardship of earth, land, sea & air.
• a devout supporter of human rights, dignity & equality for all genders, sexual orientations, races, ages, nationalities and citizenship.
• a believer in the ethical treatment of animals.
• a believer in education & free media.
• a lover of travelling, learning languages & about other cultures.
• a believer in space exploration.
• a liberal foody & boozer.
• a lover of children, plants & animals.
• middle aged.
• Cuban American non-practicing Jew.
• completely deaf in my right ear.
• a man.

Curriculum Vitae

For a list of publications, my work experience and educational background, please see my CV.