DECEMBER 1, 2022 VOLUME 116 ISSUE 5
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Meet Western professor and DJ: Paul van der Werf LAUREN MEDEIROS CULTURE EDITOR
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y the end of the day on Nov. 18, 2018, at age 50, environmental scientist Paul van der Werf had defended his three-year PhD thesis in food waste prevention and simultaneously began his career as an electronic dance music producer. An academic, composting expert, former business owner and electronic DJ, Paul is as multi-talented
and eclectic as they come. Paul, an adjunct assistant professor in Western University’s department of geography and adjunct professor at Ivey Business School, spent the year following his PhD teaching himself how to produce, mix and master electronic beats in a studio he built in the spare room of his London home. Fast forward a few years and songs later, the 58-year-old professor, known in the music industry
as apaull, has an executive producer in New York City, a record distributor in Hamburg and a promoter in Berlin. Although Paul does not teach courses at the university, he helps supervise graduate students, manage labs and develop projects with other professors as his music career blossoms. CONTINUED ON P5
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