George Profitiliotis is a Research Scientist affiliate at Blue Marble Space Institute of Science and a speculative fiction author serving the New Weird. He is an electrical & computer engineer, further trained in interdisciplinary environmental studies, biomimetics, and strategic innovation management, and holds a PhD on the application of environmental economics to planetary protection policy. He has worked extensively in the fields of strategic foresight, futures literacy, and futures studies, especially in terms of the implications of advanced science and technology, such as astrobiology and quantum science and technology.