The object you just clicked is an image of Veit Elser, professor of physics at Cornell University.

My professional trajectory reads Caltech → Berkeley → Bell Labs → Cornell. If you are observant, you will have noticed the symmetry, both in initial letters (C B B C), and word lengths (7 8 8 7)

I normally reply to email (ve10@cornell.edu) within 24 hours and still maintain a working telephone in my office (607-255-2340).

I am on sabbatic Fall 2008 and Spring 2009.

To students I offer the advice given by the late Edsger Wybe Dijkstra:

Do only what only you can do

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