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

Education

B.A., Physics, Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

, NY, U.S.A., 1967

Ph.D., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

, MA, U.S.A., 1972

Professional Employment/Honors

• Currently at Chapman University
  Chapman University
  Chapman University is a private, non-profit university located in Orange, California affiliated with the Christian Church . Known for its blend of liberal arts and professional programs, Chapman University encompasses seven schools and colleges: Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media...
  
  
• Honorary Member, Romanian Academy of Sciences.
• Distinguished Faculty, 1986. University Professor.
• Dean, SCS, George Mason University (GMU), July 2002-2006.
• 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-??.
• Assistant/Associate Prof. 1975-1984.
• Postdoctoral Research Assoc., NASA/GSFC, 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;
• 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.