Copyright © M. Styborski
“… who has a laugh that’s almost as loud as a Ramones concert.” — Adrastos
My name is Maitri. I am a geologist, technologist, blogger and world traveler. VatulBlog is a record of some of my life and thoughts.
I currently work as technology director at a geospatial and engineering services company, researching the visual representation and simulation of 3D data. Before this, I worked for a decade as an oil-industry geologist and geophysicist. I also write for VizWorld, a weblog on the latest in computer graphics, animation and visualization, and am founder of Back Of Town, a blog-community dedicated to the New Orleans-based television series Treme.
Made in Kuwait of Indian parts, an impending move to the United States was hastened by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. After receiving a BS degree in geology from the University of Illinois and MS degrees in geology and computational sciences from the University of Wisconsin, I moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, where I made it through Hurricane Katrina and the Flood and lived until 2009. My husband and I now make our home in northern Ohio and various world airports.
You can contact me through email or Twitter and my resume is on LinkedIn. Any opinions I express online are mine and not those of my employer unless otherwise stated, obviously.
What Else Do You Do?
A strong supporter of reading, electronic books (eBooks) and the public domain, I am Indian Languages advisor to Project Gutenberg, the oldest publisher of eBooks.
VatulBlog is a part of New Orleanian and SouthAsian-American online networks such as New Orleans Bloggers, Sepia Mutiny, Humid City and First Draft. Here is a selection of related essays and interviews.
On Wisconsin! I serve on the alumni board of the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Geoscience and am a former president of the New Orleans chapter of the Wisconsin Alumni Association.
I make masks and costumes, and am a member of the following New Orleans Mardi Gras krewes: Krewe de C.R.A.P.S. in Krewe du Vieux, Krewe of King Arthur and the Mystic Krewe of Chartreuse.
Other interests are science education, digital rights, languages (Tamil, Hindi, Sanskrit, French, Spanish & Arabic), genealogy and documenting my travel in photographs.
What Does Vatul Mean Anyway?
See here.
Are You A Fan Of The Green Bay Packers?
You betcha! Go Pack go!
