Harold A. Geller

Harold A. Geller is Associate Professor Emeritus, George Mason University (GMU); Adjunct Professor, American University (AU); and, Solar System Ambassador, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Previous academic appointments include: Director, Mason Observatory; Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, GMU. He most recently co-authored a textbook on renewable energy. His current interests include energy and the environment; the search for life in the universe; and the exploration of space. Between 2011 and 2015 he served as co-Investigator for the Virginia Initiative for Science Teaching and Achievement (VISTA). Since 2012 he has served as a Solar System Ambassador for NASA JPL. Between 2009 and 2010 he was awarded six Telly Awards for online educational videos he produced. In 2008 he won the GMU Faculty Member of the Year Award. From 2006 to 2008 he was the Associate Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Other past positions include President of the Potomac Geophysical Society; tour guide and lecturer with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; producer of educational multimedia CD-ROMs; faculty at Northern Virginia Community College; doctoral fellow of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; and, lecturer/operator at the Einstein Planetarium in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. He has authored/edited books; and published over 100 papers in education, astrobiology, astrophysics, and biochemistry. He has been interviewed or quoted by USA Today, Washington Post, Huffington Post, The Arts and Entertainment Magazine, Astrocast TV, WTOP News Radio, News Channel 8, and The Skeptic.

Education

DA, Education, George Mason University; MA, Interdisciplinary Studies, George Mason University; BS, Liberal Studies, University of the State of New York.

Selected Publications

Ehrlich, Robert, Harold A. Geller and John R. Cressman, 2022. Renewable Energy: A First Course, Third Edition. CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL. ISBN 978-1-0320-0088-6.
Geller, H.A. with Maria Dworzecka, 2021. A Holocaust Story in Large Print: The Mothers of Maria. Lulu Press: Raleigh, NC. ISBN 978-1-6671-4055-1.
Geller, H.A., 2020. Stories from a Farm in Brooklyn: The Rise and Fall of an American Dream. Lulu Press: Raleigh, NC. ISBN 978-0-3590-1409-5.
Geller, Harold A. 2019. A Solar Eclipse Teacher Workshop, Bulletin of the Eastern Section of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, 69(1): 2-8.
Geller, Harold A. 2017. The Geller Equation: On the Probability of Successful Sexual Relations with Extraterrestrials, ResearchGate, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.28639.36009.
Geller, Harold A. [editor] 2015. Multigenerational Starship Design Considerations: A Problem Based Learning Laboratory Experience. Lulu Press: Raleigh, NC. ISBN 978-1-312-88784-8

Awards

2022 Certificate of Appreciation, George Mason University Alumni Association.
2021 College of Humanities and Social Sciences Distinguished Alumnus Award in Higher Education.
2020 George Mason University Jack Wood Legacy Award for Town Gown Relations.
2020 Twenty Year Service Award, George Mason University.
2019 Life Senior Member Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
2016 Most Accomplished Alumnus, Physical Sciences; Midwood High School Alumni Association, Brooklyn, New York.
2010 Telly Award, Silver, Excellence in Video Production in Education
2010 Telly Award, Silver, Excellence in Video Production in News and News Feature
2009 Telly Award, Bronze, Excellence in Video Production in Education.
2008 Faculty Member of the Year Award, George Mason University Alumni Association.