Marc A. Meyers, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science at the University of California, San Diego and Life Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge (UK), has carried out research within his field all over the world. His work with the Center for Explosives Technology Research (New Mexico), the U.S. Army, Japanese and soviet research institutes led him to imagine a chain of events which could lead to the frightening scenario in his first novel, Mayan Mars. His expertise in explosives, and his knowledge of Chechnya's brutal war, inspired the situations and events in Chechnya Jihad. Dr. Meyers lives in San Diego and travels extensively.
