RESEARCH INTERESTS: Physics, Science and Society (Especially the Effects & Applications of New Knowledge), Innovative Education

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Physics
Post Ph.D. Institute for Advanced Study; Princeton, New Jersey 1967-69
Ph.D. University of California, San Diego; La Jolla, California      1967
M.S. University of California, San Diego; La Jolla, California       1965
B.A. Columbia University; New York City, New York               1963

CURRENT & PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
Professor of Physics                                                        1971-Present

Teaching and research in physics and on the effects of modern knowledge. Innovated college physics curriculum and courses on the use and meaning of modern science. Principal investigator on major National Science Foundation grant for international collaboration on neutron interferometry. Initiated and directed Ford-funded program on Comparative Scientific Traditions. Founded new Institute for Science and Interdisciplinary Studies to extend work to a wider, postgraduate and public audience. Served for two years as Faculty Trustee and as member of the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees. Kellogg National Fellow, Group VI -- completed project on science and humanities, eventuating in book publication.

President, Institute for Science and Interdisciplinary Studies, Amherst, MA                                                                   1991-Present

Convening and facilitating projects and symposia designed to combine disciplinary excellence with social benefit. Research on the relation of scientific knowledge to social issues including sustainable agriculture, a novel approach to military waste clean-up, reconstructing the sciences and a variety of educational efforts. Organizing formation of a national organization for theoretical physics research -- the Anacapa Society.
Institute development.

Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
(Program on Science Technology and Society, RLE, and Physics Department), Cambridge, MA)                                            1981-2003

Collaborative research on Science, Technology & Society issues. Seminars on quantum teleportation and meaning of modern physics. Research on fundamental problems in quantum theory, and with neutron diffraction group and atomic interferometry efforts. Collaborated with Professors Horne, Shull, Zeilinger and Pritchard in problems relating to the nature of quantum reality, atomic theories, spin and wave properties of quantum particles, and eventual applications to general relativity.

Principal Investigator, NSF Quantum Physics Project, MA, NY, and Austria                                                                               1987-2003

Directed, assisted and nurtured a team executing international collaboration that produced decades of pioneering outputs: devising novel bi-photon interference; doing many beautiful experiments ranging from superdense coding to the first quantum teleportation; inventing and then performing a most direct demonstration that microscopic reality is constructed in the act of investigating (the Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger theorem).

Sabbatical Guest Scientist, SLAC, Stanford, CA                       1974

Performed research and wrote on fundamental quantum mechanics and particle physics.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica, Universiteit Leuven, Louvain, Belgium                                   1970-71

Performed research and taught graduate level courses in the Flemish department of theoretical physics. Published lecture notes in statistical mechanics. Supervised masters' students and gave research lectures in the French department. Held ongoing seminar on science policy issues.

Visiting Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory,
Upton LI, NY                                                                              1968

Performed theoretical physics research and lectured on high-energy physics and neutron interferometry.

ADMINISTRATIVE & CONSULTING POSITIONS:

Science and Technology Consultant, World Bank
Washington, D.C.                                                                   1976-79

Reviewed current water resources projects, with particular attention to basin-wide considerations. Addressed issues of disciplinary bias in Bank applications of technology. Central American Survey mission.

Technical Director, VITA (Volunteers in Technical Assistance)
Washington, D.C.                                                                    1977-78

Private voluntary organization for technical help in economic development, VITA attempts to apply modern knowledge to developing nations' interests. Supervised and directed all technical inquiry services, technical projects and program development. Traveled to West Africa and the Caribbean on supervision, planning and development missions.

International Science Consultant, American Association for the Advancement of Science, DC                                                   1975-76

Researched and analyzed the current role of professional societies in international science and technology.

Energy Policy Consultant, President's Science Advisor          1975

Analyzed the methodology and consistency of the first national plan for energy RD&D. Drafted the strategy and documentation for an Office of Management and Budget and executive branch review of the 1976 ERDA plan. Advised against the construction program for "breeder" reactors.

Energy/Environment Consultant, DHR Consultants, Inc.      1974-6

Helped establish the US Department of Energy's highly successful Office of Conservation and to connect its work to congressional leaders. Consulted on several state energy plans including setting up Maryland and New York departments of energy.

Consultant on Science Policy, Hudson Institute, Croton-on-Hudson, New York                                                                          1970-1975

Investigated potential long-range futures for the space program, under the direction of Herman Kahn. This included inventing and analyzing a full range of varied, but credible, scenarios. This work extrapolated both the current trends of U.S. space policy and the technically feasible alternatives. In earlier collaborations with Kahn, worked on nuclear war issues, and on global limits to economic growth.

Director of Science Policy Program, Hampshire College,
Amherst, MA                                                                        1972-73

Supervised the curricular activity of four instructors and eighty-seven students in a program that highlighted nuclear issues, energy policy, and military technology. Taught Science and Public Policy and directed individual research on arms control, genetic engineering, military budget decisions, and several novel energy sources.

Consultant to Government of American Samoa, Pago Pago     1971

Designed and implemented job training program for Samoan watch assemblers; created and taught the curriculum on basic physics.

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