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Question 11 transcript:
"Well, a high school student who thinks they have an interest in the field I guess the best advice I can give them is don't loose sight of the romance of, the mystery and intrigue of a field like ocean biology, marine mammal biology. But, the most important thing you can do is to get a really good grounding in math and physics because the oceans, it's an alien world and you can't just do things by instinct or reflex. That's where mistakes are made in science. So you really have to get the physical sciences that [...] as an integral part of you. So you can understand them and when you are confronted with something new you'll have a lot of methods for measuring, testing [...]. The typical thing is, get as much science as you can in high school. Get as broad a perspective about biology as you can and even if it is plant biology it's probably going to turn out to be valuable to you because you're really looking at a whole environment, and not just a single animal."

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 about how marine mammals hear?
4. How do you study the hearing of marine mammals?
5. What challenges have you faced in studying the hearing of marine mammals?
6. What has most surprised you about the hearing of marine mammals?
7. What skills are important in your area of research?
8. What are the opportunities in studying the hearing of marine mammals? Can people without 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 interest in pursuing a career in your field?