Peter Castro,
California State Polytechnic University Michael E. Huber,
Global Coastal Strategies
ISBN: 0072852909 Copyright year: 2003
Meet the Authors
Peter Castro -
Peter Castro realized that he had to become a marine biologist during a high school field trip to the coral reefs in his native Puerto Rico. He obtained a B.S. in biology from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, but left the warm Caribbean for warm Hawaii to obtain a Ph.D. in marine zoology from the University of Hawaii. His first experience with cold water was a year of post-doctoral research at Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University in California. He also holds a B.A. in history and art history from his home institution, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, something that took him eighteen years to accomplish as a part-time student. His research specialty is the biology of crustaceans symbiotic with reef corals and other invertebrates, a research that takes him anywhere where the water is warm enough to dive. His latest undertaking is a study of the taxonomy and ecology of ethusine crabs, a group of mostly deep-water species that carry a bivalve shell on their backs. He also started research at the University of Regensburg, Germany on the application of DNA sequencing to the taxonomy of crabs. He is fluent in five languages and taught marine biology (in English and Spanish) as a Fulbright Scholar in the former Soviet Union. He does not have time for hobbies but enjoys reading the Russian classics, diving, his car, and eating good food, with a particular weakness for French and Italian cuisine and Puerto Rican junk food.
Mike Huber -
Mike Huber decided to spend his life studying aquatic organisms after catching a trout on an Alaskan lake at age two. A decade and a half later, he had learned that this involved more than feeding salmon eggs to hungry fish, and had developed a broader interest in marine biology. He left Alaska to attend the University of California at San Diego and subsequently to obtain B.S. degrees in zoology and oceanography at the University of Washington. After spending an Alaskan winter managing an environmental laboratory for the trans-Alaskan oil pipeline project, he migrated to sunny San Diego to attend graduate school at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and learn to surf. In 1983 he obtained a doctorate for a study of crabs that live with corals, during which time he met his co-author. Still learning to surf, he stayed at Scripps to work on such diverse research topics as the genetics and cell biology of unicellular algae and the bioluminescence of midwater organisms. In 1988 he moved to the University of Papua New Guinea to study and dive on some of the world's most spectacular coral reefs. He served as Head of the University's marine research station on Motupore Island, and became increasingly interested in marine environmental science, especially with regard to reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds, and other tropical systems. This interest continued to grow during four years as Director of a marine research station on the Great Barrier Reef. He presently consults to international agencies, governments, and private industry on marine environmental issues and the development of conservation programs.
Dr. Huber is married and has two young children, who leave little time for other activities. When they do, he likes game fishing, diving, snow skiing, jazz and rock music, reading, orchids, good wine, eclectic cuisine, and thinking about learning to surf.
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