Dr. Conrad Verner

=== “Hoo boy, I wouldn’t want to be standing next to it. Fry you and all your planets right up. Sunny side up with a side of nuclear disaster. Hide from that in a lead-lined fridge, I dare you.” ===
== Mass Effect ==
=== Mass Effect ===
Commander Shepard met Conrad on the Citadel during her hunt for Saren. At first, he only asked for an autograph, and then a photograph, before he suggested that Shepard "sign him up" to be another Spectre. Shepard was eventually able to convince Conrad to return home to 'take care of the home front'. He reluctantly left, thanking Shepard for setting him straight.
=== Mass Effect 2 ===
Shepard ran into Conrad again during her investigation into the Collectors kidnapping human colonies on Illium. After Shepard's death he had become despondent, and had decided to try to improve the galaxy the way Shepard would have. Unfortunately, Conrad's naiveite ended up with him being duped into harassing a bar owner by a con-artist. Shepard handled the problem and redirected Conrad's attention to helping others in a less violent way. Conrad then founded a charity organization for refugees and orphans. He named it "Shepards" in honor of Commander Shepard.
=== Mass Effect 3 ===
Shepard met Conrad for the third time during the Reaper War and discovered he was actively recruiting for Cerberus. His reasoning was that if Shepard had worked with them, then they had been vetted by her. Shepard told Conrad that what he was doing was wrong, leading to him realizing he had messed up again. He begged Shepard to tell him what he could do to make things right- and that's when she discovered Conrad actually has a doctorate- and did his dissertation on " xenotechnology and dark energy integration". Conrad's dissertation turned out to be helpful in the Crucible project, especially combined with the Matriarch Dilinaga writings the Normandy SR-1 had recovered back in 2183.
When Shepard asked about his charity, he told her that it was doing really well until the Reapers attacked. He spent most of what he had left to get his charges off-world. 
Conrad identified his Cerberus contact to Shepard. When the agent attempted to shoot Shepard, Conrad jumped in the way to take the bullet for her. Fortunately, Jenna (a waitress Shepard met in 2183) sabotaged the gun.
== Every One That Asketh ==
As Tali directed her crew to continue to study the effects of Dholen, she shared her opinion with Commander Shepard that the the cause must be dark energy. Shepard told her that she needed to speak with Conrad Verner.