Indy is a payload specialist/analyst for the MESSENGER space mission operated by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland. When he is not involved in spacecraft operations, he can be found out exploring the great outdoors climbing, scuba diving, caving or kayaking, pursuing his hobby of photography, and/or engaging others in strategic and tactical miniatures and board games. He is also an avid reader of fiction (science fiction, fantasy) and non-fiction (history, astronomy and space exploration, contemporary and historical climbing/mountaineering/diving books and guidebooks, etc), and is the author of the comprehensive "Climb Maryland!" climbing guidebook.