Sebastian Eckels

Sebastian Herbert Eckels (born 1976, age 50) is a British-American physicist and chief scientist onboard Vega Aerospace's starship Ambitious. He is a former child prodigy. One of his "hobbies" is horticulture. 
== Personal history ==
Sebastian Eckels was born in 1976 in Singapore to an English mother and an American father. He was raised in South London and received his Bachelor's degree at age 10 in 1986. His first doctorate in theoretical physics was in 1995 from the University of Oxford at age 19. He traveled to Quebec, Canada, to work under Dr. Jean-Michel Gauthier as he pursued the development of his Gauthier warp drive. The two men worked for the next thirty years to perfect both warp field theory and help facilitate the construction of the world's first warp ship, the Ambitious. 
== Basis ==
Elements of this character come from journalist Louis Theroux and Space: 1999's chief scientist Victor Bergman, portrayed by David Morse.
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