Paul was Born in Hartford Connecticut in April of 1960. At three months of age he began his career as a world traveler by moving to Paris France. Over the course of his first 18 years he lived in Algiers, Constantine, and Oran Algeria, Tunis Tunesia, Montreal Canada and even did a one year stint back in Hartford Connecticut. He "graduated" from Lycee Pasteur in Oran Algeria with a "Baccalaureat C" before finally returning to the US for his undergraduate work at Baker University in Baldwin City, KS where he earned his B.S. in physics and chemistry in 1982. Baker was the first formal educational experience in English rather than French, but thanks to the diligence of his English teacher mother (who shall remain blameless for any mistakes found on these pages - or the writing style) the transition went very smoothly. Paul attended The University of Tennessee in Knoxville TN for his graduate work where he earned a PhD in Chemistry under Prof. Lee Magid in 1991 and now claims Knoxville as the place he is "from." The rest is history.... 2000-present Staff scientist at ORNL 1997-2000 Research chemist (and SANS instrument scientist) NIST 1995-1997 Post Doc ORNL 1991-1994 Post Doc UTK Throughout my graduate school career I was involved in both neutron and light scattering studies, mostly of surfactant systems. My PhD thesis work was a light scattering study of wormlike micellar structures. However, I spent almost an equal amount of time working on neutron scattering studies of a variety of surfactant systems. Since graduating, my main interest has been with the effect of shear and/or the constraint of a proximate surface on surfactant systems. My years at NIST were the most rewarding of my life, despite my being away from "home," for which I am indebted to Mike Rowe and Jack Rush for maintaining such a first rate facility and Charlie Glinka for his excellent leadership of the SANS facilities and kind mentoring. The numerous colleagues, as well as users passing through, who shared their research and their insights into mine made my stay very enjoyable. My current position is certainly quite challenging and, assuming I survive the challenge, I look forward to some very exciting times ahead.