Lucas is currently the Editorial Assistant for a series of books being written under the direction of Dr. Martin Thiel called Crustacean Natural History. Hailing originally from Philadelphia, U.S.A., Lucas graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. In 2010 he studied abroad in Chile for a semester and did an internship with Dr. Thiel, in which he conducted a nationwide survey concerning the attitudes, opinions, and behaviors of Chileans with respect to beach litter. To find out more about that project, go here(http://www.cientificosdelabasura.cl/resultadoencuesta.htm) Lucas is a lifelong musician (guitar, trumpet) as well as a huge fan of all racket sports.