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Dr. Russ Fernald

Dr. Hans Hofmann interview (#2)

09/16/202508/03/2025
Dr. Hans Hofmann

In 2019, I interviewed a faculty member at the University of Texas in Austin, who I discovered was doing some cutting edge cichlid research. That interview was very informative and ultimately led to his second interview today. 

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