alexander "sandy" antunes, (born 1967 in baltimore, maryland) is a maryland-area astronomer, author, and role playing game designer. he graduated from boston university in 1989 with a dual major in astronomy and physics, received a masters in astronomy from penn state in 1992, and received his phd in computational astrophysics from george mason university in 2005. he is an associate professor of astronautical engineering at capitol technology university.