David Batchelor

David Batchelor is a physicist and science writer. His first science fiction novel, The Metalmark Contract, was published in 2011 by Black Rose Writing. Copies are currently available from the author at $14 plus shipping cost for the trade paperback (248 pages).

Here is an interview with him by Jean Vallesteros on her blog "JeanBookNerd" http://www.jeanbooknerd.com/2012/05/d...

He has been consulted on futurist topics by Wired Online, The Economist, The San Francisco Chronicle, National Geographic Online, NBC Nightly News, Star Trek Communicator magazine, Marketplace Tech on NPR, and the New York Times. He also appeared on television shows such as the 2009 PBS special “Science Trek,” and the 2013 Smithsonian Channel documentary "The Real Story: Star Trek." He was a guest on an episode of Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Star Talk" TV show, along with William Shatner. His most popular article is "The Science in Star Trek" which has been on the WWW since 1993, and is currently at http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology...

Dr. Batchelor is employed as a Computer Engineer at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. He has published numerous scientific articles in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal. He has taught at the University of Maryland. The Metalmark Contract is his first published novel.