About Joseph Mastropaolo and Karl Priest

Joseph Mastropaolo has a B.S., M.S., Ph.D. in kinesiology and a Post-Doctoral Research
Fellowship in human physiology. As Aerospace Physiologist for Douglas Space Systems, he published two monographs on life in space, one for humans and one for experimental animals. He taught biomechanics and physiology at California State University, Long Beach for 26 years and was the physiologist for the Gossamer Condor and Albatross human powered flight projects which earned a medal in physiology from the Royal Aeronautical Society for the Kremer cross channel challenge.

Karl Priest is currently a public school mathematics teacher at Andrew Jackson Middle School near Charleston, WV. He has a B.S. in education and an M.A. in school administration and has been an educator (K-9--including 4 years as a principal) for over 30 years.