Dr. Jeff Nash
Ghostbusters West Coast
"My life is like some frickin' cartoon"
Jeffrey R. Nash,
Ph.D
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GBI Membership:
West Coast Division,
2003 - Present
Nightsquad, 2005 - Present
Born: June
27, 1974
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 165 lbs.
Hair: Long,
Dark brown
Eyes: Sometimes Brown, Sometimes Solid
Blue
Education:
Doctorate - Mythology and
Folklore
Bachelor's - Anthropology
High School -
Graduated 1992
Colleges -
University of Pittsburgh,
1993 - 1997
UCLA, 1997 - 2000
Hobbies: Collects
comic books and DVDs, studies martial arts, occasionally likes
to draw or sketch as a form of meditation.
Martial Arts
Training:
Tae Kwon Do
Jeet Kune Do
Lin Kuei
Ninjutsu
Likes: Cold weather, privacy, winning
arguments.
Dislikes: Smokers, children, surprises, insects,
talkative women.
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Doctor Nash grew up in
rural Pennsylvania. An introverted child fascinated with
science fiction, fantasy, and the paranormal, his parents
enrolled him in martial arts to keep him active and learn
discipline. In high school, he showed an interest in Ancient
History, Art, and Creative Writing. He also took Electrical
Engineering to fill elective credits and scored exceptionally
high in the sciences, but low in Mathematics. Indecisive about
his future career path, Jeffrey took a year off before
continuing his education.
In college, his interest in
legends and mysteries led him to dual-major in Anthropology
and Folklore, and he became romantically involved with
classmate and future archaeologist Marie D'Angelo. They would
date for several years, until the fall of 1997, when they
accompanied their mentor, Professor Phillip Leonard, on an
expedition in Scotland. They inadvertantly disturbed the tomb
of a demon that fed on psychic energy, allowing it to possess
the professor and ultimately render him comatose for
years.
After the incident, the trauma complicated a
relationship that was already strained and Jeff broke up with
Marie. Seeking to further distance himself, Nash
transferred cross-country to UCLA as soon as he acquired his
bachelor's degrees and dropped Anthropology, choosing to focus
full-time on research into religious myths and stories of the
occult.
Ultimately winning his Ph.D, Dr. Nash hoped
to continue a career in academia, but his steadfast belief in
the existence of the supernatural and the potential reality
behind the myths he had spent his life studying made it
difficult to find work as a teacher or acquire research
grants, and he found himself settling for part-time jobs just
to make ends meet.
As they say, when destiny closes a
door, it opens a window. In the Spring of 2003, Dr. Nash
was working the counter at a local Los Angeles comic book
store when one of his regular customers, Peter Kong, dragged
him to a confrontation with the entity known as The Ravisher,
and the two became founding members of the Ghostbusers: West
Coast Division.
In one of his first cases, Jeff met a
mysterious individual with power over the element of cold
named Sub-Zero. He would later discover that he too possessed
a talent for "cryomancy" and spent the latter half of 2004 in
the Arctic, training as a member of Sub-Zero's ninja clan, the
Lin Kuei.
In 2003, Jeff worked with Ghostbusters:
Nightsquad during the Hain Witch case. During this time, he
formed a friendship with Nightsquad leader Bo Holbrook, and in
April 2005, accepted an invitation to join Nightsquad. Using
the ninja skill of teleportation, he is able to travel between
New York and LA and serve as a key member of both GBI
teams.
