M.J. Konkel was born and raised in rural western Wisconsin. He had a brief military stint in the U.S Army and then went to schools in Minnesota where he earned a B.S. and Ph.D. in ...view moreM.J. Konkel was born and raised in rural western Wisconsin. He had a brief military stint in the U.S Army and then went to schools in Minnesota where he earned a B.S. and Ph.D. in chemistry. After living in New Jersey for a while, he is back in western Wisconsin with his wife, two kids, and assortment of animals. While the upper Mississippi Valley certainly looks like it could harbor dinosaurs, MJ has yet to spot one.view less