Featured Artist: Susan McConnell
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Biog: Ever since I was a little girl, I have been interested in animal behavior. Like many girls who eventually became scientists, I wanted to be Jane Goodall, or someone like her, when I grew up. However, rather than studying animal behavior in the field, I now study brain development in the laboratory.

As a Professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford University in Stanford, California, I am trying to understand how neural circuits get built with exquisite precision during fetal development. In addition to my research, I teach courses on brain development and developmental biology to undergraduates and graduate students at Stanford.

I have been interested in wildlife photography for some time but got serious about it in 2005. Since then I’ve been consuming information about both the technical and artistic sides of photography and trying to take advantage of opportunities to take pictures in wild places. I feel a deep affinity for the animals and landscapes of Africa and am also drawn to the Arctic.










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