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Question 1 transcript:
"I grew up in a science environment. My dad was a well-known meteorologist and there were a number of people who came through our home over the years when they visited us, when we were growing up in Sweden. And so science wasn't something that I might look into from the outside, it was something that just surrounded me. Not so much my daily life as much as just the word science and what scientists do, with a limited picture I had or understanding I had, that was just going on all the time. So, being curious about nature, being curious about how the atmosphere works, was part of the conversation that went on. I also went to summer camp where the people were studying cloud convection, and so I saw the scientists work and I even got to take part in some of the measurement programs: writing down numbers and plotting them up and so forth. So, all of that was kind of part of my world. It didn't mean that I was going to be a scientist, by any means. In fact, I was much more interested in engineering kinds of questions, how things worked and so forth. But, I certainly was exposed to that kind of world when I was young."

1. How did you first become interested in science?
2. What is the focus of your research and why did you choose this field of study?
3. What have been some recent discoveries in the study of ocean currents?
4. How do you use acoustics to study ocean currents?
5. What challenges have you faced in studying ocean currents?
6. What has most surprised you about studying ocean currents?
7. What skills are important in your area of research?
8. What are the opportunities in the study of ocean currents? Can people with out PhDs participate in some way in this type of research?
9. What is the greatest impact/relevance of your research?
10. What continues to inspire you about your work?
11. What advice would you give a high school student who expressed an interst in pursuing a career in your field?