Hedel is an aquatic restoration ecologist who is trying to find a way to reclaim his homeworld which was rendered uninhabitable during a brutal war. Currently, his people have no home world and make their way as best they can wherever people will have them. Heldel has found sanctuary living in teaching at various institutions throughout his life. He’s a bit melancholy most of the time, and although he’s extremely polite, perhaps to a fault, he doesn’t let anyone get close to him. He’s the oldest researcher to receive the grant.