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Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday: Star Trek is Real, so is marriage [1]

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Date: 2023-06-30

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How the Real-Life STEM Astrophysicist Keeps the Star Trek Universe Real–and Really Awesome

Whatever you think a science advisor for Star Trek TV shows should look like, Dr. Erin Macdonald isn’t that. She’s actually far geekier and far cooler than you might expect. At 36, the Colorado native with a PhD in astrophysics is the first woman to serve as a science advisor for the franchise, having signed on in 2019. She also wears tons of tattoos, from science fiction spaceships to the classic Vulcan phrase “live long and prosper” to one from Alan Rickman: “It’s a human need to be told stories.” Macdonald should know: She spoke with SFWA Blog’s Randee Dawn about being a one-woman STEM career panel, an expert on things like dilithium crystals, and why keeping things real in shows like Trek can give humanity hope for the future.

SFWA Blog: What came first for you: a love of science fiction or the love of science fact?

Dr. Erin Macdonald: I think everyone is innately born a scientist. But the idea of becoming a scientist as a job hadn’t occurred to me until I watched The X-Files and saw Dana Scully. I was obsessed with her and wanted to be her. That was the first time I realized that being a scientist could be a job.

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