Daniel Hohler is a graduate of University of Southern California with a degree in Biology and Anthropology with a minor in Cinema Production. He graduated as a Renaissance Scholar. The Renaissance Scholars program honors students whose broad interests help them excel academically. Like his hero Leonardo da Vinci, who was equally adept in the arts and the sciences, Renaissance Scholars are students whose majors and minors are from widely separated fields of study.

While at USC, Daniel attended Wrigley Institute of Environmental Studies located on Catalina Island where he did environmental research and marine biology. He wrote his thesis on Dominance Cues that Lead to Sex Change in Lythrypnus dalli, a small hermaphroditic fish. Preparing for Catalina Daniel became a Rescue Diver, and while at the Wrigley Institute Daniel also became a certified Master Diver and Scientific Diver. He continues to volunteer at the USC Hyperbarric Chamber on Catalina Island, an emergency medical facility for the treatment of scuba diving accidents.

As an anthropologist Daniel has spent time studying primate social behavior. Studying at the USC Jane Goodall Research Center, where he studied under Professor Amy Parrish, one of the worlds leading experts on bonobos, among other great minds in anthropology. He has studied both gorillas and chimpanzees, and their social interactions, and he has volunteered for Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots Program to promote understanding of all cultures and beliefs and to inspire each individual to take action to make the world a better place for people, animals and the environment.

Daniel currently attends medical school at PCOM Georgia Campus (aka PCOM-GA, aka GAPCOM) where he hopes to continue his educational pursuits. He hopes to update everyone on the process of going through medical school here on the site. A long supporter of the environment and animals, Daniel has also become a writer and a blogger for an environmental activism network GreenOptions. You can check out his articles here or at http://greenoptions.com/author/danielhohler.

You may contact Daniel @danielhohler on www.twitter.com/danielhohler or e-mail atcontact@danielhohler.com.