Name Professor Jonathan Havelock Blackwood, MD DECPsy
Nickname John, Jon Low-Key Lyesmith, Idleness is the parent of psychology. Which comes first? Yesterday or tomorrow? All we really have is the present moment.
Age 35
City/State/Country Gateshead/Tyne and Wear/England
Personality Jonathan has always been of an inquisitive nature, and has a zest for investigating how things work and what makes them tick; even if it is beyond his scope of interest he will still look into it should he become intrigued by its existence. Friendly and outgoing, he has always attempted to try something at least once, believing that in order to understand the world one must experience it to the fullest.
In his classroom he is known to be an engaging teacher, always provoking his class to approach his subject from new angles and develop new ways to solve problems. Though he may have a relaxed approach to his students, he still demands high levels of attention and focus and has a habit of derailing the topic before suddenly handing out a large body of word within a tight deadline.
While he is easily approachable when he wants to be his manner can come across as somewhat disinterested at times; constantly wandering his view anywhere but where it should be, an unsteady gait that gives the impression that he can barely stand, and a forwardness with his words that come across as rude to many. He is usually to be found reading alone either in his personal study or wandering the expansive grounds and buildings of academy during the evenings, sometimes stopping off at the gym for a few hours to keep in shape and hone his skill at archery.
Since Daphne Davenport took up her position as a professor at the academy he has entered into several disagreements with her over her tendency to be rather heavy handed with her students, but other than that he finds her to be a decent sort. And over the years he has worked alongside Nanji he has developed a great deal of control over his abilities but despite this he still fearful of a day when he is overwhelmed again, even though it has been more years than he cares to count since that happened and he is unable to forget it, nor any other day, however much he tries.
Powers/Abilites
Enhanced Memory â While possessed of an exceptional intellect it is his memory which exceeds that of normal humans.
Enhanced Regeneration - able to heal most wounds and injury.
Intuitive Empathy â from birth he had an uncanny ability to understand how things worked and were put together, even if he didnât understand the process behind it. Over time as his grasp of knowledge expanded he was able to develop a connection to others and mimic their powers for short durations.
Lie Detection â While some would class it as something unnatural it is simply a talent for which Jonathan has spent most of his life perfecting and while he can be fooled it is very rare, as he can read it from a personâs body language rather than from their words.
What got you sent here(Give a small description of what you've done to get sent here)
While teaching at UCL he wrote several thesisâs some of which were highlighted by Professor Nanji, who recruited Jonathan to teach at the academy and to help seek out new students. Since their first meeting theyâve worked together to help the students at the school.
How long have you been here? Twelve years in total
History
Some aspects of his life are secrets he holds close to his heart but what is known is that from an early age he was bright and developing much quicker than expected. By the time he was 15 he had already left home and enrolled at Newcastle University doing a BSc Honours in Psychology which he successfully completed in a little over a year, attaining a 1:1 as well as becoming a Graduate member of psychology; he then moved onto do another degree in Clinical Psychology for a further year before coming out with another 1:1. In light of this he moved into Neuroscience, spurred on by wanting to learn more about how his brain worked and if he was the only one. The following year while completing a Doctor of Medicine degree investigating neural computation and network systems in the field of neuroscience he was also given a Master of Research degree on the subject due to a thesis he had compiled during his term.
While studying for his degrees he had managed to fund his subsequent learning and afford to live through night time teaching at a local and after finishing up his MD he transferred down to London to pursue teaching as his primary focus while his research became somewhat part time. Following his completion of his educational tenure at UCL he joined the faculty in their college of Psychology full time eventually rising to become provost, using his time off to continue his research into the emergence of those with extraordinary talents. After publishing several papers on the subject he attracted the attention of Nanji during which time he before joining the Academy and he left UCL quietly accepting two doctorates; one in Education and the other in Educational and Child Psychology.
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