Menas Kafatos

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Professor Menas Kafatos is a quantum physicist and writer on science . His publications include "The Nonlocal Universe" and " The Conscious Universe".

[edit] Education

B.A., Physics, Cornell Universityi, NY, U.S.A., 1967

Ph.D., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, U.S.A., 1972

[edit] Professional Employment/Honors

• Honorary Member, Romanian Academy of Sciences.
• Distinguished Faculty, 1986. University Professor.
• Dean, SCS, George Mason University (GMU), July 2002-present.
• Associate Dean, SCS, George Mason University, 2000- June 2002.
• Director, Center for Earth Observing and Space Research (CEOSR), 1995-present.
• Director for Academic Programs and Science, CSI, GMU, 1991-1994.
• Founding Director, CSI I Acting Chair, Dept. of Physics, GMU, 1989-1991.
• Professor, Dept. of Physics, George Mason University, 1984-present
• Assistant/Associate Prof. 1975-1984.
• Postdoctoral Research Assoc., NASA/GFSC, Greenbelt, MD, 1973-1975.
• Postdoc. Research Assoc., U. of Colorado, Boulder, 1972-1973.
• Research Assistant, Dept. of Physics, M.I.T., 1967-1972.

Author or editor of 12 books

• 134 articles in astronomy and astrophysics (1973-2000)
• 12 Articles in cosmology and quantum theory
• 11 Articles in Brain science/consciousness and quantum theory (since 1999)
• 58 Articles in Earth System Science, remote sensing and data systems (since 1996)

CITATIONS:

• More than 1,940 citations in professional journals, proceedings and books

(from Science Citation Index).

INTERVIEWS - ABC national news on Hurricane Katrina, local Fox news on earthquakes (Sept., Oct 2005);local CBS and Fox news on hurricanes and Mason's antenna (May 2006).

Research Interests:

• Earth System Science/Earth Observing/Remote Sensing:
• Virtual Domain Application Data Centers; federated, distributed data information system architecture;
• Visualization of Earth and space science data;
• Interdisciplinary studies in Earth system science, including vegetation and climate phenomena coupling;
• Content-based Earth science data browsing;
• User interfaces;
• Distributed data systems and associated technologies.
• Space Sciences:
  • Black holes, active galaxies and quasars, accretion hydrodynamics in curved spacetime, gamma-rays from active galaxies;
  • Ultraviolet astronomy, symbiotic stars; atomic physics.
• Foundations of Quantum Theory, Cosmology and Consciousness:
• Cosmological observations and their limitations;
• Universal Diagrams;
• Foundations of quantum theory;
• Quantum theory and brain dynamics.