Dusty Dowse

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Harold "Dusty" Dowse was born in Albany, NY and raised there and in the tiny town of Stillwater. He is a graduate of The Albany Academy, Amherst College, and New York University (Ph.D.). Upon receiving his Doctorate, e and his wife moved to Grahamsville NY, where they dwelled until moving to Maine. During this interval he worked as an electrician, short order cook, cabinet maker and then as a woodsman. He ultimately gained employment at the University of Maine and served there until retirement with professorships in Biology, Mathematics and Statistics, and Bioresource Engineering. He is now Emeritus. He has numerous refereed publications in areas of biological rhythms, signal analysis, and the molecular underpinnings of cardiology. He remains active in research. He is a published poet and writes short stories in the science fiction and fantasy genre. Dusty now operates a wood-fired artisan bakery and is a third degree blackbelt, Shotokan style, maintaining his own dojo.