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JADIN
EXPEDITIONS
Robert
Jadin's Herpetology Journal
My
Wife Sarah
After
being single for many years and staying only focused on my
education and research, I finally met my compatible match for love and
married fellow herpetologist Sarah
A. Orlofske.
Sarah is an amphibian biologist that studies the physiologic effect
that parasites have on her favorite organisms, tadpoles. Sarah and I share many common
interests that adds to our relationship. We enjoy traveling to
interesting places and meeting with fellow biologists to discuss the
latest research. We love reptiles, amphibians,
biology, hiking, long drives, symposiums, reading herpetology
journals, and many other activities. We are each also involved in academia because we "love" the
research and not to just do the research so that we may stay in
academia (there actually is a difference). We love and enjoy what we do and
have true passions for finding out and sharing new things that
interest us in science. She her
lab page
to find out more about her research!
Sarah is an alumni of the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point with majors in biology and
wildlife, plus a chemistry minor. Sarah excelled as an undergrad
and is continuing her education and research at Virginia Tech as a
master's student.
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Sarah was
president of the UWSP Herpetological Society for 2 years, which
often conducts outreach programs at their University and around the
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Sarah and her good friend Nathan Peterson presenting their poster at
the National Undergraduate Symposium in Indianapolis. |
Sarah and her herpetology professor (Dr. Erik
Wild) at their poster during the
joint meetings in Tampa. |
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Like most herpetologists, Sarah
became interested in herpetology as a child (e.g. chasing snakes,
catching frogs, and even raising tadpoles since the age of 10). Sarah
is enthusiastic to learn about many areas of biology but her true
passions are in the fields of herpetology, parasitology, and
physiology. She is very dedicated and hard working and loves field,
lab, and book work.
Sarah and I actually met on the
Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation listserv (someone
should tell them to advertise their ability to create romantic
matches!!!). Sarah is an incredible woman, biologist, and partner with
a compassionate heart and tremendous love for both life and science.
The conversations and time spent together have made me a better person
and I feel incredibly lucky to have found someone that complements and
adds so much to my adventurous and hectic lifestyle. |
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| Sarah with an
Arizona Ridgenose Rattlesnake (Crotalus w. williardi) that we
found with David Kahrs in Arizona. |
Sarah keying
out a frog at Reserva Amazonica, Peru. Sarah spent a month there
over winter break 2004-2005 at the same time that I was in Bolivia. |
Sarah in the
field at one of her Butler's garter snake sites. Sarah has been
working on Butler's garter snakes for two summers now and will
finish her last season this summer. |
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| Sarah and I
hiking on the Appalachian Trail |
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Sarah and I
near the border of West Virginia and Virginia |
Sarah is
my best friend and means the world to me. She is a joy to be in the
field with, talk about science with, and share my life with. I love
meeting new people with her and am proud for all that she has
accomplished in life already. She is absolutely amazing and I love
listening to her talk for hours. She is beautiful, brilliant, and
always makes me laugh. She is incredibly nerdy and I am honored to be
in a serious relationship with her.
But I still can't understand what in the heck
she sees in me...
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