Published original research papers in scientific journals, and has done
field work in North, Central and South America.
(1990 - August 2003) Ph.D in Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University.
As part of the Ph.D program, he taught an undergraduate course in
Comparative Anatomy and acted as a teaching assistant in the biology
department.
Degrees he received from UCLA - Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and
Bachelor of Science in Geology. Master of Science in Geology (1987).
Met Greta, the woman who became his wife in 1988, in a class called
"The Intellectual History of the United States"
Lives near Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, with his second wife Allison and children from his first marriage:
Graham and Ella Graffin.
Plays ice hockey in the adult leagues at Cornell.
After a world tour and promotion of 2007's well-received "New Maps of Hell", Bad Religion have begun writing new material for their next album due out in 2009. (July 2008)
(Mid-2001) Bad Religion parted ways with Atlantic/Epic Records and
signed back to Epitaph Records.
Currently writing some new Bad Religion songs for their new
album that would be in stores by 2006. (2005)