But underneath his love of science and engineering, is his desire to meet his father, whoever he might be. In later teenage years, his mother talked about a one time affair she had with a scientist.  The idea came to mind that this man might be his father and he started looking for him, but to no avail.  Dr. Manheim vanished during an experiment he was running involving opening a controlled temporal rift.  He has sought him ever since.

He likes to cook his own food the old fashioned way if possible, but understands life on a starship means replicated food for the most part.  He considers himself a student of all sciences, never satisfied with just one area.  He looks at a problem as a welcome challenge.  One of his teachers suggested Starfleet Academy as a plausable career.

The exposure to the unknown technology out there alone makes the Academy worth signing up for.  After discussing it with his mother, he registered at the Academy and began the adventure that he speculates has no end.

At the academy, he studied under the Science and Engineering faculty members.  The different career opportunities were mentioned, including the highly sought-after command track.  He does have a slight interest in a command position, but would prefer to lead a science vessel if that were the case.

For his Academy graduation senior class project, he started research on a project that has yet to be brought to reality.  His thesis is called the "Sensor Lens".  It is an idea he has to create a static warp bubble positioned just in front of the Lateral sensor array, and alter the bubble's characteristics slightly in the hopes of "Focusing" the sensors to penetrate beyond the subspace barrier, therefore allowing the sensors to detect cloaked vessels and other types of phenomenon that normally elude typical sensors.  This idea remains in the theoretical arena for the time being.