Thapan Chinmayananda (Chemy)

Works in biochemical/genetics under Dr. Sugaya. Heads the volunteer orientation and outreach program.

Chemy is not at all what most people expect when they picture a man of science: he's laid back, with a well-developed sense of humor and the unfortunate habit of flirting with anyone who comes within earshot. (Except Dr. Sugaya. He does have a healthy sense of self-preservation.)

He harbors both an interest in helping those with painful or crippling mutations and a healthy desire to inflict new mutations on others to see what happens. He considers himself a "nice" person, but that does sometimes give way to what seems to be a sociopathic streak. Chemy just considers it getting carried away with his work and puts it out of his mind because it doesn't fit with his self-concept.