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Question 1 transcript:
That's a really hard question. I guess as a kid I was always the one who wanted to know how everything worked and why. I always took everything apart and tried to put it back together. So I guess when I learned that scientists were the ones who got to answer those questions before anyone else knew the answer I knew that that's what I wanted to do.

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 of the recent discoveries in the foraging behavior of spinner dolphins and deepwater snappers?
4. How do you use acoustics to study foraging behavior?
5. What challenges have you faced when studying the behavior of animals that forage beneath the sea surface?
6. What has most surprised you about the foraging behavior of spinner dolphins?
7. What skills are important in your area of research?
8. What are the opportunities in studying foraging behavior? Can people without PhD's 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 interest in pursuing a career in your field?