A Seattle native, I exhibited an early interest in theoretical physics, especially quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity. My childhood heroes were Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, and Richard Feynman. After observing a series of teleportation experiments conducted by the Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of Innsbruck, the transmission of matter became an obsession. I graduated from MIT with a Ph.D. degree in Theoretical Physics. My doctoral thesis on the teleportation of matter through extremely dense elements was titled Observation of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Entanglement on Supraquantum Structures by Induction Through Nonlinear Transuranic Crystal of Extremely Long Wavelength (ELW) Pulse from Mode-Locked Source Array. My research into science eventually led me to accept a job offer by the Black Mesa Research Facility, and begin working on a top-secret research project headed by my mentor at MIT, Dr. Isaac Kleiner. I took up residence at Black Mesa, conducting nuclear and subatomic research in its Anomalous Materials department. Despite my education as a theoretical physicist, the work I'm involved with at Black Mesa is really of a more experimental nature.