Interview planning blog

You can probably guess the extent of my interview-planning process based on the status of my blog; that is, I'm a little behind.

However, I am not so far behind mentally as I am physically, and I just left a voicemail with the scientist I hope to interview. He happens to be a busy man (aren't we all, although some of us are busy women), and apparently most of his free time is on Fridays. Consequently, I hope to catch him Friday morning, and I also hope he checks his voicemail regularly.

The man's name is Geoff Poole, PhD, and he is an Assistant Professor in the Land Resources and Environmental Sciences Department. He is currently working on a geomorphology project studying the tributaries of the Snake River in Eastern Oregon. In a nutshell, this involves measuring how much sediment is in the water at various points in the tributaries and how much groundwater in the river affects this. At least, that is what I understood from talking to one of his research assistants, an acquaintance of mine whom is the reason I decided to talk to Geoff in the first place.

Taking Hancock's advice, I did a bit of an internet search on Geoff and found this, which begins to answer the questions that I think our assignment is after. I would like to ask Geoff to expand upon his statement, "Rather than me choosing to study rivers, rivers found me, so to speak."

This page also seems to speak to Geoff's interests and values.

Also, Geoff seems to have recently won a grant to begin new research in January. The abstract is here. I would like to ask him about this as well.

More later.