Tom Moreau - Database Geek of the Week!
Tom Moreau is an interesting guy. Who else in the software business do you know who has an advanced degree in Experimental Space Science?
Doug: I notice you have a doctorate. Could I ask what your degree is in?
Tom: Officially, it's Experimental Space Science, but before you make any cracks about me being a "rocket scientist", I should tell you that my PhD supervisor wouldn't let me base my thesis on rockets, since they have a high probability of failure (although I did analyze some rocket telemetry data through my course work). Funnily enough, the fellow grad student, Steve MacLean, who showed me how to use the word processor (something more challenging than physics back then) went on to became a Canadian astronaut! Anyway, my specific field was molecular physics. I looked at the UV emission spectrum of the ClO free radical, which took part in the degradation of stratospheric ozone. Coincidentally, my cousin also has a PhD in spectroscopy, though he remains in the profession, studying polyatomics.
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