Science officer

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Science officers serve in the science department on starships or starbases in Starfleet. The head of the department is sometimes known as the chief science officer and may operate the science station on the bridge or operations center. As the name implies, science officers are responsible for observations, research, and experiments in any of the sciences, including mathematics, statistics, physics (physical and temporal), chemistry, botany, zoology, geology, cosmology, and others. Some science officers specialize in a particluar discipline, but the chief science officer is expected to be familiar with most of the sciences and rely on his or her staff for particular expertise. The department has some overlap with the medical department in terms of microbiology, xenobiology, and life sciences.

Commander T'Pol was the chief science officer on board the Enterprise NX.

Spock was both first officer and science officer aboard the USS Enterprise.

Commander Willard Decker was first officer and, after the death of Sonak and until Spock arrived to volunteer for duty, science officer aboard the USS Enterprise in 2272.

On the USS Enterprise-D, Lieutenant Commander Data was the operations manager and from time to time performed the additional duties of a science officer.

Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax was the chief science officer on Deep Space 9 and the USS Defiant. She once told Kira Nerys that, as the science officer, it was her job "to have a better idea". (DS9: "Paradise")

On the USS Voyager, Ensign Harry Kim was the operations manager and from time to time performed the additional duties of a science officer.

Ensign Samantha Wildman was a science officer (xenobiologist) on the USS Voyager.

[edit] Notable science officers

• Eva Caine
  • USS Remington
• Jo Harris
  • USS Exeter
• Terri Letac
  • USS Honshu (2366-2373)
  • USS Swiftfire (2373-)
• R’Meera
  • USS Hathaway (2285-22xx)
• Carl Stoeffles
  • USS Justice
• T'Wan
  • USS Prometheus
• Deyziel
  • USS Yorktown

[edit] External links

• Science officer article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
• Science officer article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.