So Rinka is the phaser-teammate to these two ^ She's not all that science-y, so there are some applications of her powers that she hasn't really thought up yet, or figured out how to do if she's thought of it.

I also have Alex Rider (endurancepoint), who isn't exactly a book-smart sort of person, but he does like keeping up with news in the science world. He's also English, and thus is a bit more likely to have heard of Shulk.