Robert E. “Dr.Rob” Hampson hasn’t quite figured out what he wants to do when he grows up. He’s a neuroscientist who recently joined an issue engineering and regeneration institute, an SF/F consultant on nonfiction topics ranging from brain science to bionics, and writes fiction ranging from zombies, to military SF, to…bionics!

Inspired by science fiction, Dr. Hampson completed his PhD in 1988, with a focus on the hippocampus, a brain structure involved in encoding and recalling new memories, and helped develop “replacement parts for the brain” in the form of implantable neurotech devices and tissue engineering.  

His SF writing career began in 2012 with nonfiction articles on science themes for Baen Books.  His first fiction sale was in 2015, and since then has co-edited two anthologies, published more than 30 works of short fiction, two solo and three collaborative novels, plus more in the works.