Erin Macdonald (science adviser)

Dr. Erin Macdonald is an astrophysicist, aerospace engineer, and science fiction consultant. She has served as the science adviser for the Star Trek franchise since 2019, and worked in this capacity on the third, fourth, and fifth seasons of , the second and third seasons of , the second and third seasons of , and the entire and series.
She also wrote the children's book Star Trek: My First Book of Space released in 2022.
She also voiced her in-universe namesake, the character Doctor Erin Macdonald in the first season episode and the second season episodes and . The fictional Doctor Erin was also mentioned in . 
Aside from Prodigy, she has also voiced the in-universe Doctor Erin in Star Trek Online.
She appeared in in a segment "The Science of Star Trek with Dr. Erin Macdonald" to explain the science behind brown dwarf stars, gravity wells, escape velocity, gravitational redshift, and black holes as depicted in .
She also appeared in to discuss her role as science advisor as well as the science of gravity wells, nebulas, and unusual life forms as depicted in .
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