John Richard Saylor
Joined Atlas Obscura in 2022
John Richard Saylor, PhD, is the author of the book, "Lakes: Their Birth, Life, and Death," and is a professor of mechanical engineering at Clemson University. He has spent the better part of his career studying fluid mechanics, specifically researching phenomena that occur at the air/water interface. In addition to lakes, his scientific interests include the physics of drops, bubbles, and waves, and he has applied his research to applications such as the use of water sprays and ultrasonics to clean diesel exhaust and methods for using radar to study raindrops. He was a student at the Santa Fe Science Writing Workshop in 2017.
