RS Perry is a writer, scientist and adventurer who has sailed across the Atlantic in a small sailboat and been to the bottom of the Pacific in Alvin, the Woods Hole deep submersible. When he is not studying microbes and early life at Imperial College London, he can be found organizing the UK and European Space Design Competitions. He is a screenwriter and member of the Writers guild of America West. Dr Perry loves the Earth’s wild areas, flying, diving and exploring deserts. Before doing a late PhD, he owned a remote ranch in north central Washington State. Educated at the University of Washington he received a Phd in Earth Sciences and a NASA certification in Astrobiology. He has published widely in geochemistry, microbiology, origin of life, linguistics and education. In his spare time he likes to paint.He received a National Science Foundation International fellowship to the University of Oxford and was awarded a Royal Society Fellowship at and Imperial College London where he remains as a Senior Research Scientist. He splits his time between Northern Michigan and London.