User:Algis Kuliukas
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Qualifications: B.Sc. (Joint Hons) Zoology/Pharmacology. Nottingham University 1981. P.G.C.E. (Biology with Maths) Nottingham University 1982 M.Sc. (With distinction, Human Evolution and Behaviour, specialising in Wading in Hominoidae) UCL 2000. Microsoft Certified Trainer and Database Administrator.
'Career': 1982: Employed by Notts LEA as teacher of Biology, Mathematics and Computer Studies 1984: Employed by British Airways as a PL/1 programmer. 1986: Employed by Metier Management Systems as a Trainer/Consultant of Project Management Software. 1988: Employed by Ashton tate as a Trainer/Consultant of SQL Server and dBase IV 1990: Self-Employed database consultant. Wrote the first course materials for Microsoft Access for Microsoft (UK). Gave courses for Microsoft, Sybase and many training companies on MS SQL Server and Microsoft Access.
Current Occupations: Full-time (attempted) Husband and father of four. Part-time PhD Student (UWA, Perth, Australia) (Bipedal origins, Testing the Wading Hypothesis). Part-time Database Instructor, programmer and DBA (Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access). Part-time High-School Biological Sciences Teacher. Very Part-time (attempted) House husband.
Hobbies/Obsessions: 1967 Athiest astronomer (inspired by the Apollo space program, became an atheist at the age of 8.) 1968 Aspiring young lepidopterist (Collector of local butterfly species.) 1970 Football (As a 15 year old season ticket holder, witnessed the transformation of Nottingham Forest by Brian Clough.) 1982 Born again Lithuanian (Political activist, writer, choir (!) and dance group member.) 1987 Married and began family. 1995 A question on bonfire night 1995: 'Dad, who were the first people to make fire?' and my ignorance of the answer rekindled a renewed fascination in human origins. Daughter's home birth, with the aid of a birthing tub, insipred a fascination for the AAH. The lack of treatment of it in university level texts only made me more determined to find out why. No answers found yet other than ignorance and peer pressure to ridicule it. 2002 Snorkelling and the great outdoor life after emigrating to Australia.
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E-Mail : algis@kuliukas.com
