Ronald L. Mallett, PhD is a professor of theoretical physics at
the University of Connecticut. He discovered a possible way to travel in time by applying Einstein's theory of relativity to laser light moving in a circle. The program uses CGI to illustrate his theories.
Mallett was one of the first African-Americans to obtain a PhD in
theoretical physics. He was inspired to do so because he wished
to travel back in time to visit his dead father, who died when Mallett
was ten.