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Professor Matthew Hamilton

What do you regard as your greatest academic success?
My most recent project, whatever that may be.

What is your idea of happiness?
Being able to have time for diverse experiences in both my personal and professional lives

Who or what was the greatest influence in your life that led to your career?
A professor I had in college was the one who showed me how interesting organismal biology could be.

If you could do it all over again, what would you do differently?
Nothing because much in life is due to chance anyway

What do you enjoy about teaching?
Helping other people make intellectual breakthroughs

Who is your favorite musician?
Robert Cray for the blues

Who is your favorite thinker?
Motoo Kimura

If you could change one thing at Georgetown, what would it be?
I would like Georgetown to be perceived as a university with diverse and vibrant programs in the natural sciences

What, if any, is your phobia?
I have an irrational distaste for the vegetable cauliflower

How do you have fun?
Fishing, cooking and eating, traveling, home renovation

What is the best piece of advice you could give to your students?
Work to develop consistent discipline and organization

What is your motto?
"Success is found before work only in the dictionary" (actually due to my High School Latin teacher)

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