Douglas R. Dechow

Douglas R. Dechow is a Writer, a Science Nerd, and a Librarian. Doug is currently working on his first novel, a cross-country spy thriller set during the Manhattan Project. Doug writes Lofty Ambitions blog with his wife, Anna Leahy. Together, Doug and Anna have previously published in the Smithsonian's Air & Space magazine, the BBC Online, Fifth Wednesday, and Chapman Magazine.

He is the Digital Humanities and Sciences Librarian at Chapman University in Orange, California. He is also the Curator of the Roger and Roberta Boisjoly Challenger Disaster Collection.

Doug earned his master's degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a doctorate in Computer Science from Oregon State University, a masters in Applied Mathematics from Ohio University, and a bachelors in Physics from Knox College. Despite some curious career choices, none of these schools has asked for their degrees to be returned.