David’s motto is cells by day and stars by night. David has spent nearly 40 years in the biomedical research field in basic sciences, specifically immunology and autoimmunity (why your body attacks itself). He got his Phd from the University of California at Riverside, then went to Washington University in St. Louis, then to the University of Texas Health Science Center here in Houston for 15 years and has worked for the last 10 years at the Methodist Research Institute. He currently assists researchers in their investigations of cancer, stem cell, biomarker, and immunological studies. He’s published articles, book chapters, been a reviewer for a number of scientific journals and has participated and helped organize international workshops. His Phd has nothing, he repeats, nothing to do with astronomy. He got started in astronomy in 1998 and has always had an interest in space flight and the moon. He has been a member of JSCAS since 1999. In the early 2000’s he met Connie who also has an interest in astronomy and they eloped in Hawaii in 2004. They have helped organize and run the Houston Astronomy Day, held positions in both JSCAS and the Fort Bend Astronomy Club, co-lead an eclipse tour with Paul Maley, and helped Paul with the 2018 Pluto occultation of a 12.9 magnitude star and both have obtained the Outreach, Stellar, and Master outreach awards offered by the Astronomical League. His astronomical interests are broad but galaxies and nebulas are high on the list only behind observing and photographing the moon.
