As I’m writing, blogging, and more, there’s a guy who patiently stands by me through everything. He doesn’t mind listening as I endlessly discuss the trials and tribulations of a postdoc while he tirelessly works to prepare for his. It doesn’t upset him that my perspective occasionally ruffles the feathers of others in his field–including those friendly with his awesome advisor John Willis. He doesn’t even complain about how late he needs to come collect me from the airport constantly. Instead, he helps me get the details right whenever I have a question, brings me along on cross country road trips to the field, and has a kind word no matter what the DNA sequence looks like on any given day. And he always supports my crazy ideas with boundless encouragement and enthusiasm.
So today I want to congratulate my wonderful, brilliant fiancé David Lowry, who just received his Ph.D. in evolutionary genetics and genomics at Duke. (Photo left was taken just before his final seminar talk). David’s a damn good field and lab biologist who’s taught me everything I know about speciation, adaptation, Mimulus–and so much more. His research on understanding ecotype formation amazes me and I’m so excited to see where it goes next!
And directly to David: You continue to inspire me every day and I love you.
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Congratulations, David!!! I’m sure your seminar was fantastic!
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Congratulations! Interesting research on his website too.
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Congratulations to Dr. Lowry!
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:46 pm
That was lovely. Congratulations David and, by extension, all the awesome people, busily inspiring our best writers behind the scenes.
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Congratulations, Dr. Lowry.
February 3rd, 2010 at 5:58 pm
bravo!
February 3rd, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Excellent news! Congrats Dr. Lowry!
February 4th, 2010 at 8:05 am
David (and Sheril):
A loud and proud WOO HOO from the DC crowd! Red and I are so thrilled for you! Now, lets see some of those publications that will make you a world renowned scientist (but after the wedding, of course).
Philip
February 4th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
I am so happy and proud of you, David, for your wonderful accomplishment and all the hard work it took to achieve this.
I wish both of you, Sheril and David, a life rich in happiness, good health, laughter, and love.
February 4th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Congratulations David!!
February 5th, 2010 at 11:12 am
Congratulations to David and may life for both of you be beautiful, bountiful and rewarding.
February 5th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Dear David,
We don’t know you, but WOW, are we proud of you! Sheril, we know you will have a wonderful life, because if David picked you as a life partner, it shows wonderfully good judgment!
February 6th, 2010 at 5:40 am
David is my smartest and tallest friend. I’ve watched him geek out for 13 years now, without pause, and am impressed and inspired. Sheril + Davey Boy = LoveLoveLove
February 8th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Congratulations to you both! I wish you the most happiness, adventure and fulfillment in your life together. I look forward to meeting you Sheril…and to my cousin David…I am so proud! Great work!
February 17th, 2010 at 9:54 am
[...] extremely grateful to be healthy, fully recovered, and on my way to attend the 2010 meeting with David. And I’m also delighted to be joining the AAAS planning committee. Most of all, I’m [...]