Charles Pellegrino has been known to work in entomology, forensic physics, paleo-genetics, advanced rocket system preliminary design, astrobiology, and marine archaeology at the same time. He is the scientist whose dinosaur-cloning recipe inspired Michael Crichton's popular novel Jurassic Park. He is the author of eighteen works of fiction and nonfiction, including Unearthing Atlantis, Dust, Ghosts of the Titanic, and the New York Times bestseller Her Name, Titanic. New York City is home to Dr. Pellegrino.