College of Science

Harold Geller, D.A.

Associate Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Observatory Director

Visiting Assistant Professor

Research Focus: Astronomy, Astrobiology, Science Education

Web Site: http://physics.gmu.edu/~hgeller

Office/Building: Science Technology I 363A

Phone: 703-993-1276

Email: hgeller@gmu.edu

Dr. Geller has over thirty years of work experience in industry, government and academia. He first taught astronomy as an adjunct, currently in his ninth year as a full-time faculty in physics and astronomy at George Mason University. He is also now serving as the Associate Chair of the department. He was Principal Investigator on a research grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Dr. Geller also developed multimedia CD-ROM education and public outreach products for ONR. He has multifaceted experience including computer-based systems for GIS (SAIC), remote sensing systems, scientific research and development, CD-ROM multimedia (Consortium for International Earth Science Information Networks), World Wide Web sites, artificial neural network applications (SAIC), microprocessor applications (Defense Systems), computer simulation and modeling, analog and digital electronics subsystems, requirements analysis, tests and evaluation (SAIC), and computer-aided design and engineering (Grumman Aerospace Corporation). Dr. Geller served as a site manager for satellite communications at a military communications center, after training with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. He has given public talks (Smithsonian Institution) and educational demonstrations at grade levels 2 through 7 (DC Public Schools) about astronomy and current astrobiology research in the search for life in the universe. Dr. Geller is currently serving as the 1^st Vice President of the Potomac Geophysical Society. His biography appears in the Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Engineering and Science, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in Education. He has received awards from NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, the U.S. House of Representatives Page School, and the National Space Club. In 1992 Dr. Geller was a recipient of a doctoral Commonwealth Fellows Program award from the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia.

D.A., George Mason University

M.A., George Mason University

B.S., University of the State of New York, Albany, NY.