User:Andy Maloney

About me
I am a member of the Koch lab at the University of New Mexico in the Physics & Astronomy department. Below, in the projects section, you will find links to my public lab notebook and various projects I have done in the lab. The dissertation section is where I am actively writing my dissertation in an open format and I welcome anyone to comment on it. Directly below, you can find links to various other endeavors I have worked on.


 * My CV on flavors.me.
 * My 3D warehouse.
 * My Instructables.

Dissertation
Below are the chapters to my open dissertation. This is going to be an experiment where I post all my revisions and my completed dissertation openly so that the public can access it. This experiment is to see if an open dissertation is viable and can be achieved through open discussion on the subjects that I post below.

The whole point of this experiment is to be as transparent as possible, as well as to note that science and scientific discovery is not written in stone. Since the dissertation is in a media wiki format, the documents below can be viewed as a "living" description of the experiments that I have run. With the ever evolving dissertation, it is very important to understand that changes will be made to it. These changes are all documented in the history for each page and can be viewed by anyone. All pages can also be commented on in the associated talk pages for the dissertation. I welcome any and all comments to the talk pages. All relevant suggestions will be taken into consideration and will help to make this dissertation navigable and easy to read.

General discussions about open notebook science or my open dissertation can be done on the associated talk page for this page. Any comments specific to the other chapters to my dissertation can be done on that chapter's talk page. In order to comment, you must become a member of the wiki. If for some reason you do not want to join the wiki in order to post comments, feel free to email me using the link below and specify if you want to remain anonymous or not.


 * Click here to join the wiki.
 * Click here to email me.
 * Click here to post general comments about the open dissertation.
 * Click here to post comments to chapter one's talk page.
 * Click here to post comments to chapter two's talk page.

I would like to have the associated talk pages used as resources for anyone that is attempting to write a dissertation as well as a spot where open discussions can occur on my dissertation. Writing a dissertation is not easy and anyone that wishes to give advice or suggestions on the process is encouraged to comment on the talk page. I strongly believe that science progresses in a much more efficient manner when it can be discussed openly. I hope that this first attempt at making the process of writing a dissertation open to everyone can help researchers in the future as well as help new scientists that wish to conduct kinesin and microtubule experiments.

As of right now, the dissertation is not complete. It is in the process of being written. This means that I will be updating it periodically. I will post a link to the pdf version of the dissertation once it has been completely written.

Projects
Below is a list of projects that I have, or I am actively working on. Each link will ultimately take you to a page where I point out the important characteristics, motivation, and the science being done with each project.

As this is an entirely new endeavor on my part, organization will be somewhat chaotic at first. Most notably my notebook. I will try to link my notebook entries to the below pages and I am currently in the process of doing so. As my knowledge of how to work wikis increase, this page will undoubtedly get better. Until then, please forgive my dust.