David Gallo, the person we met in the Atlanta airport, turns out to be a very interesting person - more than we thought! He studied geology and oceanography and has traveled all over the world.

http://www.ted.com/speakers/david_gallo.html

Check out these TED talks.

TED Talk David Gallo 1998

TED Talk David Gallo 2007

Interesting articles about his work at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

www.whoi.edu

http://thenews.choate.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1387:woods-hole-project-oceanographer-dr-david-gallo-shares-new-findings&catid=19:news&Itemid=43

Wow! We ended up talking about traveling, gardening and looking at photos on his iPad. He's a really funny guy - as in comedy!