Geek of the Week: Bobak Ferdowsi

Here we honor Muggle geeks who embody Ravenclaw spirit...when they succeed, they soar, and when they fail, they fail spectacularly!

Bobak Ferdowsi (b. 1979)
"If I can help motivate even a couple kids to get into science and engineering ... that would be wonderful."

Happy birthday -- it's tomorrow -- to Bobak Ferdowsi AKA the flight-directing breakout star of the Curiosity Mars rover 2012 landing!  When he's not sciencing for NASA (his educational background is in aerospace engineering, natch), "Mohawk Guy" listens to Thrilling Adventure Hour and infects his friends with the Magic: the Gathering bug.  Also: Ferdowsi changes his hair up for all major Mars mission events.  Also also: he has played board games with Wil Wheaton... probably should have mentioned that first.

Find out more about Bobak Ferdowsi on Wikipedia.
Watch Bobak play Magic: the Gathering with Sean Day[9] Plott on Youtube.