Dr. Erıc Wegryn is a professional scientist, author and educator. After circumnavigating the planet —Round the World in 32 Days— he finished his graduate research and doctoral dissertation detailing findings from the Mars Pathfinder mission. He then relocated to the Bay Area, where he has worked with NASA and the SETI Institute on the Cassini Mission to Saturn, discovering polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on Iapetus. When not exploring or teaching, he is also a science author, covering space missions and solar eclipses. His travel adventures include a millennium celebration in Fiji, an Eclıpse Journey to Turkey, and a EuroSoviet incursion into Russia and Ukraine. His favorite book to write has been the amazing, true story of the Just Twelve Men who walked on the Moon.