Name: Sylas Gunderson DVM.
Gender:Male
Age:34
Appearance:
His short brown hair is typically combed to one side which is a bit different from his blonde and red tinted beard.  Though it is short and neat something about it seems to stand out as unruly.  Perhaps it is because most of his colleagues are clean shaven or have tight goatees.  His eyes are a light blue and match his round face.  His nose is narrow and long but not comically so.  He is pretty average height and a little overweight, though it isn't because he is lazy, it is more about his diet than anything else.  Some days he works so much that he eats vending machine food for all 3 meals of the day for several days at a time.  He continues to work out 3 or 4 days a week as time permits.  His scrubs hide his gut and small man boobs very well.  

Bio:
Sylas was born to a single mother whose husband died shortly after his conception in a military training accident.  His mother worked hard and they barely made ends meet.  They struggled his entire life and there were many times that the electricity bill didn't get paid and sometimes their dinners consisted of only bologna sandwiches.  She remarried when Sylas was seven, an age he will never forget as it changed his life forever.  The man his mother married was a wealthy man, but Sylas never knew what his stepfather did for money.  His stepfather, James, would be gone for the majority of the day and would sometimes be gone all night as well.  His mother soon became bored with her new life of not having to work and after the shopping sprees became too mundane she turned to alcohol for enjoyment.  James paid for everything Sylas ever wanted.  He went to private schools and then to college.  Though his mother and stepfather have been largely absent from his life he harbors no grudge toward them.

By the time he turned 30, he was considered the top DVM in the country.  He even became familiar with everything from the mundane to rare parasites and even neurology in just about every animal on earth.  He even studied many marine life creatures.  His knowledge of animals is considered unprecedented.  

He joined this mission with a few assumptions.  One would be that maybe for once he could make a difference somewhere.  The animals they would bring with them would be vital to starting a new world and if they came across any new life forms he would be the first to examine them.  He worked too much to have any family or girlfriend so he wouldn't be missed nor would he have someone to miss.

Psychological Profile:
Sylas is familiar with politics and is comfortable playing the game of corporate life.  He is good at moving up the ladder so to speak and getting what he wants.  He isn't so much manipulative just tells people what they want to hear.  He is a bit of a sociopath in that he doesn't feel empathy but that doesn't mean he is a psychopath.  His feelings are usually bottled up and not expressed but he is very level headed and isn't prone to outbursts or exploding in a rage.  He is always calm and logical.  

Skillset/Occupation:
Dr. Gunderson is an expert with a very wide variety of animals, both in behavior and medically. He has performed thousands of surgeries and other treatments on just about every life form that isn't human.  He has experience with marine animals but it is limited.  He has knowledge of various parasites that affect animals and their lifecycles.  

Relationships and Acquaintances: 
All animal and animal embryos that were brought with the colony were handpicked by Sylas.   (I know this wasn't mentioned specifically but I'd assume any colonization would include animals.  Who doesn't want some steak and eggs right?  Also:  I'd need to know what embryos and stasis animals would have survived.)