Herbert J. Bernstein is professor of physics at Hampshire, recently returned from a year's sabbatical leave and the formation of a new national oranization of research theoretical physicists who work at four-year colleges and universities (the Anacapa Society). Professor Bernstein's unique and distinguished approach to the sciences is best represented by the history of ISIS [institute for science and interdisciplinary studies] reflected in the slightly dated web-site http://isis.hampshire.edu

Herb held a visiting scientist position at Massachusetts Institute of Technology for two decades, until a few years ago. He has headed an international research team on modern physics exploring quantum teleportation, computation and communication. They produced a number of "firsts" in these fields and in the philosophical implications of modern sciences.*

The American Physical Society cited Herb Bernstein's broad impact on science when they named him an APS Fellow last year. Their citation mentions pioneering work at the start of two fields of physics and unique contributions to the understanding of science-and-society issues through the ISIS Institute at Hampshire.

Herb was a Mina Shaughnessy Scholar, a Kellogg National Leadership Fellow, and recipient of the Sigma Xi Science Honor Society "Procter" Prize. His teaching and research interests include science and society and modern knowledge; quantum interferometry, information and teleportation; innovative education; and theoretical modern physics. He is president and chief scientist of ISIS, the Institute for Science and Interdisciplinary Studies. In 2004, Professor Bernstein was a visiting professor of physics at University of California at Santa Barbara and a Visiting Scholar in the Draper Program at NYU. In 2007, he was the lead co-organizer of a founding conference for the Anacapa Society -- a new national organization for research theoretical physicists who work at four-year colleges and universities. During his last sabbatical, Herb joined colleagues both in Califonia and in Israel, invited by Tel Aviv University, for stints of research and seminar talks. He is the author and co-author of two books, many many scientific papers and a US patent.

Bernstein holds a B.A. from Columbia, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at San Diego, all in physics. His post-doctoral appointment was Member of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, where he now serves as Nominating Chair of the Alumni Board of Trustees.

*In 1994 Clifford G. Shull, senior advisor of Bernsteins's team and the researcher who originally brought them together at MIT, won the Nobel Prize in Physics. He was emeritus at MIT, and Bernstein's grant was his only research connection at the time.

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