TRITON Magazine Fall 2021 | Page 36

From breaks to breakthroughs.
Not only is UC San Diego a top school for chemistry, it’ s also No. 1 in surfing.
( Naturally.) Where these worlds meet, you’ ll find surfer-scientist Cliff
Kapono, PhD’ 18. He’ s hitting the planet’ s most amazing breaks to discover something even more inspiring: the surfer microbiome— and how the ocean shapes us.
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