Lieutenant Commander Ivan Verov was a Human male and head of sciences on the USS Incursion. Verov grew up in central Russia, as a child he displayed exceptional skills and his parents enrolled him into a special educational program at the Daystrom Institute, his photographic memory allowed him to retain incredible amounts of information. When he was old enough, Verov was accepted into Starfleet Academy where he studied for degrees in several scientific disciplines including; cybernetics, advanced computer studies and energy field studies. One of Ivan's inventions was a dynamic stasis field, which would later become a critical component in the USS Incursion's holographic masking system.