Kate MadinScience writer, Oceanus Magazine |
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Kate was born in California on the shores of San Francisco Bay. Life with her parents and
brother included fishing in Washington rivers, digging clams on Oregon
beaches, and camping under trees from the redwoods to the Olympic
rainforest.
Daughter of a chemistry teacher, she inclined toward
science early. Later, at the University of California, Davis, she met Larry Madin
knee-deep in the Bodega Bay mudflats during a course on marine
invertebrates. They married and spent a year in Bimini—on a
science-on-a-shoestring expedition to study open-ocean zooplankton.
Returning to Davis, she pursued a master’s degree, investigating how
small worms survive drying. Larry’s postdoctoral position brought
them to WHOI, but then it was back to Davis for Kate, to complete her
PhD in zoology, commuting cross-country when her oceanographer husband
went to sea. This extended graduate career was punctuated by the births
of two sons, but eventually she returned to science,
education, and writing. She has taught invertebrate zoology and
oceanography, volunteered on research cruises, and wrote two children’s
books. She currently splits her time at WHOI between science writing
and outreach. Kate and Larry live with a dog and cat, talk to
their adult children often, and try to keep track of each other’s
schedules.
Posted: July 26, 2005 [top] |
