
Interview Question 10 with Dr. Whit Au
10. What continues to inspire you about your work?
Question 10 transcript:
"It's fun, and if it wasn't fun then I wouldn't be doing it. And why it's fun is because we are continuously doing something different. It's not something that you just do the same thing from day to day or from week to week. But, we're always thinking about new ways of doing things and trying new techniques and trying new ways of analyzing data, trying new ways of just getting better data. And, so it's a real challenge and it's kind of like a challenge that you wake up in the morning and you just kind of wonder, 'gee, what's next,' and 'what are we going to do today,' and it's really interesting."
Interview Questions:
- How did you first become interested in science?
- What is the focus of your research and why did you choose this field of study?
- What have been some of the recent discoveries in echolocation by marine mammals?
- How do you study echolocation?
- What challenges have you faced in studying the echolocation of dolphins?
- What has most surprised you about the echolocating abilities of dolphins?
- What skills are important in your area of research?
- What are the opportunities in the studying echolocating abilities of dolphins? Can people without PhD's participate in some way in this type of research?
- What is the greatest impact/relevance of your research?
- What continues to inspire you about your work?
- What advice would you give a high school student who expressed an interest in pursuing a career in your field?
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