Dr. Mittelwerk, as seen in his executive bio from thehansofoundation.org.
Thomas Mittelwerk, or Dr. Thomas Werner Mittelwerk, is the President and Chief Technologist of the Hanso Foundation.
Bio
"As President and Chief Technologist of The Hanso Foundation, Dr. Werner Mittelwerk humbly serves as Alvar Hanso's right hand and chief adviser.
Born in Austria, Mittelwerk's early years instilled a work ethic that has helped fuel The Hanso Foundation's engine of progress for over twenty years. Losing his mother to rare genetic disorder at a young age, Mittelwerk dedicated himself to become the world's foremost authority on biology and genetics. At eighteen, still pursuing at Caltech, Alvar Hanso personally drafted him to join The Hanso Foundation.
In his role as President of The Hanso Foundation, Mittelwerk's leadership has ensured prodigious contributions to numerous scientific disciplines, all in the name of insuring a better future for the whole of humanity." (off of http://thehansofoundation.org/)
Bad Twin Book Info
In Chapter 23 of Bad Twin, in an apparent new change on the board at Widmore, Alvar Hanso was replaced by Mittelwerk. Mittelwerk is described as "sneaky... got ideas and ambition... everything but morals and conscience."
Fake Credentials?
Persephone revealed a transcript from 'CalTech' that suggests Mittlewerk never attended CalTech and that he might not even be a real doctor.
Over the transcript, she writes:
Screen capture of CalTech tuition statement.
"Caltech has no record of this guy in their
Alumni database! He's never made a tuition
payment does he even have a college degree?
Why does he call himself a 'Doctor'? Of what.
Who is this clown?"
Additional Info
- Mittelwerk was a large underground facility built by the Nazis that was staffed with prisoners transferred from concentration camps. The conditions were horrific and thousands of prisoners died due to malnutrition, disease, exhaustion or hanging (by camp guards). The site is where Hitler ordered the V-2 missile to be built, it being the first missile or vehicle to pass the sound barrier.
- "Werner" is likely a reference to Wernher Von Braun, the German rocketry pioneer who was the lead designer of the V-2 rocket.
- Werner could also be a reference to Werner syndrome, a genetic disease (on chromosome 8) that causes premature aging and death, which could be consistent with Mittelwerk's role in the Hanso Foundation's Life Extension Project. Werner syndrome is recessive, meaning it is unlikely that Mittelwerk himself has the disease, however he does look somewhat older than the early to mid-40's implied by the Hanso Foundation website.
Werner Syndrome patient, from the NCBI database
- There is no one listed in any U.S., German or Austrian phonebook named Mittelwork. The only other association on the Internet, other than the Lost Experience Game is the underground facility from WWII.
- Mittelwerk can be translated as "central work", perhaps indicating his importance in The Hanso Foundation
- His email address is mittelwerk@hansofoundation.org