right now i have the broad strokes for him. student-athlete throughout high school, kind of a late bloomer as far as social skills went. got a free ride to nyu and then became a talented biochemist. couple years go by with some promising jobs and then he joins a big corp. turns out they're conducting illegal research and using unethical methods. he decides to turn whistleblower and steals a sample of some of their genetic prototypes. they find out and send some heavies after him, he gets cornered and decides to take it. winds up flat-lining and when he comes to in the morgue, he has powers and escapes.