[Well, pretend that there's an image of me here...]
 
Wagner Luiz Truppel, 1995
 
on the way back from Monterey
picture taken by my good friend Mitzi
 
 
Here you will find much more than you ever wished to know about me.
Hey, you asked for it...

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    I was born in Brasil, on March 25, 1963 (a Monday). Please note three things about this piece of information:
     

  • For all you Americans who like to write "Brazil", the correct spelling is "Brasil".
  • I am American too, just not North American!
  • Please, no comments about astrology... I am into Astronomy, which is quite a bit different.

    • I had most of my education in Brasil, up to and including a MSc degree in Theoretical Particle Physics (sounds pretty fancy, doesn't it ?) from the Institute of Physics of the University of São Paulo. In 1987, I came to the United States to pursue a Ph.D. degree in Physics at Cornell University, located on the hills of the gorgeous city of Ithaca, NY.

    As fate would have it, by the end of the first three years, I dropped out of the Physics program at Cornell, married a Portuguese woman, and got a job as a computer consultant at Cornell Information Technologies. In 1993, when she was done with her Ph.D., we moved to Portugal, where I lived for two years, working as a Physics lecturer in one Portuguese university. Those years were not my happiest, so I will not talk much about them here.

    Incidentally, for those who heard the rumors and are curious, it is true: my wife and I are going through a divorce. There, now it's in the open. We're in friendly terms, however, and she has allowed me to see my son without any restrictions, which is very nice indeed.

    Anyway, in July 1995 I arrived here at the University of California, Irvine, to resume pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Physics. Eight years had passed and I was back to square one, only a little wiser. Life teaches you a lot in a decade.

     
     
     
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    • Star Trek: The Next Generation
    • Star Trek: Deep Space 9
    • Star Trek: Voyager
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  • MacGyver
  • The X-Files
  • Stargate SG-1
  • Home Improvement
  • The Simpsons
  • Ally McBeal
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    Last modified on March 21, 2000.
     
    © '97-00 Wagner Truppel
     
     
     
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