John Burgess Sturgis, Ph.D,[1] was a guest professor of physics at East Texas Tech in 1989, known for his work on radiocarbon dating. Dr. Sturgis is initially a pen pal of Sheldon Cooper, before the child prodigy audits his quantum chromodynamics course. Dr. Sturgis is instantly smitten with Sheldon's Meemaw and they begin dating, much to Sheldon's approval.John enthusiastically seeks romantic aid via the ever-prying Sheldon, who steps over bounds interfering with their courtship