Ronald L. Mallett

Ronald L. Mallett received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the Pennsylvania State University. He worked for United Technologies from 1973-5, and in 1975 joined the physics faculty at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, where he is a professor of physics. Prof. Mallett has published numerous papers on black holes and cosmology in professional journals. His breakthrough research on time travel has been featured extensively in the media around the world, including print media such as New Scientist, the Boston Globe, the Hartford Courant and broadcast media such as NPR’s This American Life, the History Channel, and NBC’s Today Show.

Mallett’s recently published memoir “Time Traveler: A Scientist’s Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality” has been translated into Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and is to be made into a feature film by Spike Lee. Additional information about Prof. Mallett's time travel research can be found on on his homepage at: http://www.phys.uconn.edu/~mallett/main/main.htm