User:Waga Vula

Waga Vula is my new name as a former user, inactive in the recent past due to ill health, hopefully now behind me. I have great respect for Wikipedia and plan to become involved again. It was a challenge to come up with a preferred name not already in use, so I selected a Fijian name due to a personal association with the Pacific Islands, although I have worked extensively in several countries with a focus on international development. My current interests lie in the history of science and technology across a broad range of topics, from the biomedical to the natural sciences. I may stray from time to time to nautical themes: Waga Vula (pronounced "wanga vula") means "white boat".