I love being outdoors and playing sports! 

I enjoy playing in the dirt!  If I wasn’t pursuing a passion in academia, I may have become a head gardener at some fancy estate or a Park Ranger.  I contributed to a community garden during graduate school and now I maintain my own little slice of heaven, which has been a fantastic stress reliever. If I’m not working in the yard in my spare time, then I am doing building projects around the house or exploring nature.   My life goals include: hiking the Appalachian Trail (all 2,168.1 miles) and visiting every National Park in the United States with my family (29 out of 63 completed as of this writing).

I play Ultimate weekly with my son and I enjoy running, biking, and swimming.  Basically, anything that keeps me active and feeling young.  My favorite sport to play is Ultimate, but I follow baseball (go Braves!) and occasionally football (Da Bears).  My kids are teenagers and challenge me in tennis, basketball, and table tennis.  Backyard whiffle ball and Spikeball games are pretty intense.  Other sports I enjoy (but I am still learning) include golf, racquetball, and rowing.

I am lucky to be married to the most talented and beautiful woman I know (Rebecca) and we have three amazing children. They are all talented with music (I am not) so our house is always filled with music. We enjoy living close to NYC and have seen more than our fair share of plays and musicals.