I am 45 and live just a few miles outside a small town in Ohio USA. I got into Distributed Computing with a interest in Bio Medical projects. I have seen Cancer, Alzheimer's, Heart conditions, and depression ravage family members since I was a small child. I made the decision it was time for me to do what I could help to find cures to all life changing diseases.
I do dabble with other projects from time to time as a change of pace or to participate in project and team events/challenges.
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.