It’s Valentine’s Day…how about a dance?
Our interview with Cedric Tan, famous for dancing his PhD thesis topic.
We featured Cedric earlier here at the bloog because he made a dance out of his graduate studies on fruit flies and … chickens — also known as ‘red jungle fowl’. And it was excellent! He is currently a PhD student at the University of Oxford in the Zoology department. As a hobby, Cedric choreographs dances based on human-nature interactions, reaching out to the masses on issues of conservation and topics of his PhD research.
Professor Blue: How old were you when you became interested in science?
Cedric Tan: Probably about 10-years-old when I was in Primary school.
Professor Blue: Which interest came first for you: the fruit fly or the dance?
Cedric Tan: Definitely dance! I started dance 6 years ago and was interested in animal behavior about 4 years ago. However, it was only recently (about 1 year ago) that I started combining both of these interests to create dance pieces like the one in the video.
