Milo Aukerman

The Descendents singer also worked as a plant molecular biologist at DuPont, following doctoral training and academic research. The laboratory career involved sustained scientific work, rather than a brief excursion between tours. His account of moving between music and research is particularly revealing because the balance changed over time. Start with the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's profile for the daily professional reality behind the band's famous college-going image: experiments and corporate research deadlines existed alongside rehearsals and recordings.