Dr. Jordin Kare was a Manticoran citizen and the chief astrophysicist of the Royal Manticoran Astrophysics Investigation Agency. He belonged to the Jewish faith. His team at Valasakis University did much of the work that resulted in the discovery of the Lynx Terminus of the Manticore Wormhole Junction in the early 20th Century PD. (HH10) By February 1921 PD, Kare was invited by the Torch government and financially backed by the Hauptman Cartel to survey the Congo Wormhole Junction. (CS2)