Luís Gerardo Pedraza Saavedra, Ph. D.

15550 SW 80th Street Apt. E-208, Miami, Florida, 33193 USA Phone: 1-786-397-8311 E-mail: [email protected]

United States and Colombia Citizenships. Citizenships Education

1) Ph. D. in Physics (Homologated by World Education Services, Inc. in USA and Canada 2000, Universidad del Valle, Cali –Colombia, Thesis: Measurement Theories in the Determination of Quantum Fields. 2) M. Sc. in Physics (Homologated by World Education Services, Inc. in USA and Canada 1995, Universidad del Valle, Cali –Colombia, Thesis: Indivisibility and Complementarity in Quantum Electrodynamics. 3) B. Sc. in Physics (Homologated by World Education Services, Inc. in USA and Canada), 1992, Universidad del Valle, Cali –Colombia, Thesis: Uncertainty Relations in Quantum Electrodynamics.

Experience

Postdoctoral Experience Qualifications

1) General Physics, Modern Physics and Quantum Chemistry (Full Professor), 2010-Present, (Associate Professor), 2003-2010, (Assistant Professor), 1998-2003, (Instructor Professor), 1996-1998, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cali-Colombia. 2) General Physics and Electromagnetism (Assistant Professor), 1998-2001, Universidad Icesi, Cali-Colombia. 3) General and Materials Physics (Assistant Professor), 1997-1998, Universidad de San Buenaventura, Cali-Colombia. 4) General Physics (Teaching Assistant), 1995-1997, Universidad del Valle, Cali-Colombia. 5) General Physics (Instructor Professor), 1994 – 1995, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Cali-Colombia. Postdoctoral Research Scientist, 2012-2013, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, USA. Special Skills: Windows 7, Latex, Matlab, Mathematica, Blackboard. Short Courses: 1) Radiological Protection and Diagnostic Imaging, Universidad del Valle, Physics Department, November 2-30, 2002, Cali, Colombia. 2) Biophysics Models, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Basic Sciences Department, September 6-10, 2010, Pereira, Colombia. 3) Teaching at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 04 February-26 March, 2011, Cali, Colombia. 4) Introduction to Celestial Mechanics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 21-25 November, 2011, Cali, Colombia.

Memberships

Research Projects

Published Articles

5) School of Geometry, Universidad del Valle, 04-08 June, 2012, Cali, Colombia. 6) Topological Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 8-13 October, 2012, Cali, Colombia. Languages: English and Spanish. Sociedad Colombiana de Física, American Physical Society, Philosophy of Science Association, The International Society for Optical Engineering, National Rifle Association of the United States, Federación Colombiana de Tiro Deportivo, Sociedad Colombiana de Ingeniería Física, Red Colombiana de Pedagogía, Red Iberoamericana de Pedagogía, UNESCO. 1) Consequences of Different Grand Unified Physical and Mathematical Formalisms in Quantum Theory of Measurement (in progress). 2) Anti-EPR before EPR in the Quantum Theory of Fields (in progress). 3) The Impossibility of Measuring the Free Electron Spin and Magnetic Moment (in progress). 4) Use of Feynman Restricted Integrals in the Analysis of How the Near-Field Scanning Microscope Works (in progress). 1) J. Roldán, L. G. Pedraza; Physical Assumptions on the Quantum Electromagnetic Field Definition, Proceedings of the VIII National School of Theoretical Physics, Universidad del Valle and Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Cali, Colombia, p. 467, 1992, ISBN 958-9047-60-2. 2) J. Roldán, L. G. Pedraza; Quantum Electrodynamics and the Indivisibility of Quantum Phenomenon, Proceedings of the XV National Congress of Physics, Universidad del Quindío, Armenia, Colombia, p. 527, 1993, ISBN 958-9047-86-6. 3) J. Roldán, L. G. Pedraza; Measurement of Free Quantum Electromagnetic Field According to Landau and Peierls and Bohr and Rosenfeld’s Criticism due to the Indivisibility of Quantum Phenomenon, Revista Colombiana de Física, Vol. 27, No. 1, p. 263, 1995, ISSN 0120-2650. 4) J. Roldán, L. G. Pedraza; Measurement of the Free Quantum Electromagnetic Field According to Heisenberg and Bohr and Rosenfeld’s Criticism, Revista Colombiana de Física, Vol. 27, No. 1, p. 291, 1995, ISSN 0120-2650. 5) L. G. Pedraza; Expanded Bohr and Rosenfeld’s Criticism to Heisenberg’s Measurement of the Free Quantum Electromagnetic Field, Revista El Hombre y la Máquina, Vol. 11, p. 60, 1995, ISSN 0121-0777. 6) L. G. Pedraza; Electromagnetic Quantum Field Measurement, Revista de Ingeniería, Vol. 1, p. 41, 1998, ISSN 0123-5842. 7) L. G. Pedraza; Critical Fields of Corinaldesi and Bohr and Rosenfeld in Quantum Electrodynamics, Revista Colombiana de Física, Vol. 30, No. 2, p. 195, 1998, ISSN 0120-2650. 8) L. G. Pedraza; Is there a Flaw in the Seminal Bohr and Rosenfeld Paper on the Measurement Problem of the Free Quantum Electromagnetic Field?, International Journal Physics Essays, Vol. 13, No. 1, p. 132, 2000, ISSN 0836-1398. 9) L. G. Pedraza; Some Topics of Thermodynamics and Quantum Mechanics in a Thought Experiment on Computation, Revista Epiciclos, Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 97, 2002, ISSN 1657-5636. 10) L. G. Pedraza; Extreme Electromagnetic Fields in Bands Theory, Revista Epiciclos, Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 87, 2002, ISSN 1657-5636. 11) L. G. Pedraza; Feynman Restricted Integrals in the Measurement Limits of Electromagnetic and Gravitational Fields, Revista Epiciclos, Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 91, 2003, ISSN 1657-5636. 12) L. G. Pedraza; A Completion of the Bohr and Rosenfeld’s Seminal Article on the Problem of Measuring the Free Quantum Electromagnetic Field, Quantum Information and Quantum Control Conference, Fields Institute and University of Toronto, July 19-23, 2004, Toronto, Canada, in Internet: http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/04-05/quantumIC/posters/index.html 13) L. G. Pedraza; Quantum Control, Entanglement and Noise in the Seminal Bohr and Rosenfeld’s Paper on Electromagnetic Field Measurements, Seventh International

Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing, University of Strathclyde and Tamagawa University, July 25-29, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, Vol. 734, pp. 75-78, 2004, ISSN 0094-243X. 14) L. G. Pedraza; Quantum Control, Entanglement and Noise in the Seminal Bohr and Rosenfeld’s Paper on Electromagnetic Field Measurements, Seventh International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing, University of Strathclyde and Tamagawa University, July 25-29, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, Vol. 734, pp. 75-78, 2004, ISBN 0-7354-0216-7. 15) L. G. Pedraza; Geometry and Inexperience: The Planck Length and the Point Physical Concept, CD-ROM Proceedings of the International Symposium Einstein: Scientist, Philosopher and Humanist, Universidad del Valle, 28 November-02 December, Cali, Colombia, 2005, ISBN 958-670-470-X. 16) L. G. Pedraza; A Formal Pseudorealistic Measurement of Electromagnetic Field Uncertainty Relations, 9th International Conference on Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, May 2-6, 2005, Besançon, France, International Journal of Modern Physics B, Vol. 20, Nos. 11-13, p. 1428, 2006, ISSN 0217-9792. 17) L. G. Pedraza; Geometric Factors in Electromagnetic Field Commutators and the Quantum Information Control of Vacuum Fluctuations, X National Meeting on Optics and I Andean and Caribbean Conference on Optics and Applications, Universidad del Valle, November 13-17, 2006, Cali, Colombia, Abstracts Manual, p. 125, ISBN 958670-036-4. 18) L. G. Pedraza; Geometric Factors in Electromagnetic Field Commutators and the Quantum Information Control of Vacuum Fluctuations, XXXVIII International Symposium on Mathematical Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland, June 4-7, 2006, International Journal Open Systems and Information Dynamics, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 319-332, 2007, ISSN 1230-1612. 19) L. G. Pedraza; Three Mathematical Paradoxes in Quantum Optics From the Canonical and Variational HRS Uncertainty Relation, XI National Meeting on Optics and II Andean and Caribbean Conference on Optics and Applications, Universidad de Pamplona, November 10-14, 2008, Pamplona, Colombia, Abstracts Manual, p. 101, ISBN 978-958-44-4133-1. 20) L. G. Pedraza; Three Mathematical Paradoxes in Quantum Optics From the Canonical and Variational HRS Uncertainty Relation, CD-ROM Proceedings of the XI National Meeting on Optics and II Andean and Caribbean Conference on Optics and Applications, Universidad de Pamplona, November 10-14, 2008, Pamplona, Colombia, ISBN 978-958-44-4200-0. 21) L. G. Pedraza; Classical and Quantum Electromagnetic Field Measurement with Microscopic and Macroscopic Test Charges, International Congress of Science Education, Universidad Antonio Nariño, July 15-18, 2009, Cartagena, Colombia, International Journal of Science Education, Vol. 10, Special Issue, p. 152, ISSN 0124-5481. 22) L. G. Pedraza; Classical and Quantum Electromagnetic Field Measurement with Microscopic and Macroscopic Test Charges, International Congress of Science Education, Universidad Antonio Nariño, July 15-18, 2009, Cartagena, Colombia, International Journal of Science Education, Vol. 10, Special Issue, p. 152, ISBN 978958-99070-0-9. 23) L. G. Pedraza; Teorías Matemáticas Isomórficas No Implican Mediciones Físicas Isomórficas, XVII Congreso Colombiano de Matemáticas, Universidad del Valle, Agosto 3-6, 2009, Cali, Colombia, Libro de Resúmenes, p. 116, ISBN 978-958-99105-04. 24) L. G. Pedraza; Algunas Malinterpretaciones del Formalismo Mecánico Cuántico, II Encuentro Nacional Sobre la Enseñanza de las Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Católica Popular del Risaralda, Septiembre 2-3, 2010, Pereira, Colombia, p. 249, Memorias, ISBN 978-958-8487-08-3. 25) L. G. Pedraza; Quantum Variational Inequalities for the Electromagnetic Field, International Congress on Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Red Europa-América

Conferences

Latina en Matemáticas, November 28-December 03, 2010, San Andrés Isla, Colombia, Abstracts Manual, p. 19, ISBN 978-958-670-843-2. 26) L. G. Pedraza; Mathematical Paradoxes in Quantum Mechanics Formalisms, The Michigan Quantum Summer School, University of Michigan, June 23-27, 2008, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Revista Chymeia, Vol. 8, 2010, pp. 33-38, ISSN 0121-6074, en Internet: http://issuu.com/gestiondeproyectos/docs/chymeia_8_issuu 27) L. G. Pedraza; El Punto Físico como Límite de la Experiencia Geométrica en Cuatro Experimentos de Pensamiento, en el libro Einstein: Científico y Filósofo, Programa Editorial Universidad del Valle, 2011, pp. 333-363, ISBN 978-958-670-835-7. 28) L. G. Pedraza; Reflexión Crítica sobre Campos Electromagnéticos y su Mejor Medición, Simposio Internacional de Pedagogía, Redes Colombiana e Iberoamericana de Pedagogía, Universidad de Cartagena, 11-13 de mayo, 2011, Cartagena, Colombia, Memorias en CD-ROM, ISSN 2027-9434. 29) L. G. Pedraza; The Templeton Prize: Scientists and Philosophers Prize Winners, II Coloquio: Ciencia y Religión, Universidad del Valle y Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Octubre 5-7, 2011, Cali, Colombia, Memorias en CD-ROM, ISBN 978-958-8347-56-1. 30) L. G. Pedraza; Vacuum Fluctuations in Charge-Current Uncertainty Relations, International Journal of Russian Laser Research, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 212-221, 2011, ISSN 1071-2836. 31) L. G. Pedraza; Reflexión Crítica sobre Campos Electromagnéticos y su Mejor Medición, Simposio Internacional de Pedagogía, Redes Colombiana e Iberoamericana de Pedagogía, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, 19-20 de abril, 2012, Cali, Colombia, Memorias en CD-ROM, ISBN 978-958-460-401-9. 32) L. G. Pedraza, L. F. Bejarano; Crítica a la Enseñanza de la Medición del Campo Electromagnético en Algunos Libros Universitarios Famosos de Postgrado, Latin American and Caribbean Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 1-42, 2013, ISSN 1935-0295. 33) L. G. Pedraza; Algunos Errores en la Enseñanza de los Formalismos Mecánico Cuánticos, II Encuentro Internacional Sobre la Enseñanza de las Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Católica de Pereira, Septiembre 12-13, 2013, Pereira, Colombia, pp. 147-158, Memorias, ISBN 978-958-8487-22-9. 34) L. G. Pedraza, L. F. Bejarano; La Complementariedad en Teoría Cuántica de Campos, en el libro Filosofía de la Ciencia: Problemas Contemporáneos, Programa Editorial Universidad del Valle, 2015, p. 167, ISBN 978-958-765-166-9. 1) VIII Colombian School of Theoretical Physics, Universidad del Valle and Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, June 8-13, 1992, Cali, Colombia. 2) XV Colombian Congress of Physics, Universidad del Quindío, September 6-10, 1993, Armenia, Colombia. 3) XVI Colombian Congress of Physics, Universidad del Valle, June 26-30, 1995, Cali, Colombia. 4) XVII Colombian Congress of Physics, Universidad de Antioquia, June 23-27, 1997, Medellín, Colombia. 5) International Summer School 1999: Geometric Methods for Quantum Field Theory, Universidad de los Andes, CIMPA, Université Blaise Pascal, UNESCO, ICTP and CNRS, July 12-30, 1999, Villa de Leyva, Colombia. 6) XIX Colombian Congress of Physics, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, September 24-28, 2001, Manizales, Colombia. 7) III Meeting of the Venezuelan Physical Society, International School on Fundamentals and Frontier Problems in Plasma Physics and III Latin American School on Strings and Fundamentals, Universidad Simón Bolivar, December 10-14, 2001, Caracas, Venezuela. 8) IUPAP International Conference on Quantum Entanglement, Complexity and the Physical Basis for Quantum Computation, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas (CBPF), December 2-6, 2002, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 9) Quantum Information and Quantum Control Conference, Fields Institute and University of Toronto, July 19-23, 2004, Toronto, Canada.

10) Seventh International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing, University of Strathclyde and Tamagawa University, July 25-29, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom. 11) II Latin American School of History and Epistemology of Mathematics, Universidad del Valle, November 23-26, 2004, Cali, Colombia. 12) 3rd Asia Pacific Workshop on Quantum Information Science, National University of Singapore, January 3-15, 2005, Singapore. 13) 9th International Conference on Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, May 2-6, 2005, Besançon, France. 14) Workshop on Noise and Instabilities in Quantum Mechanics, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, October 3-7, 2005, Trieste, Italy. 15) International Symposium Einstein: Scientist, Philosopher and Humanist, Universidad del Valle, 28 November-02 December, 2005, Cali, Colombia. 16) XXXVIII International Symposium on Mathematical Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, June 4-7, 2006, Toruń, Poland. 17) X National Meeting on Optics and I Andean and Caribbean Conference on Optics and Applications, Universidad del Valle, November 13-17, 2006, Cali, Colombia. 18) VIII Students’ Colombian Congress of Pure and Applied Chemist, Universidad del Valle, October 31-November 02, 2007, Cali, Colombia. 19) The 5th Canadian Quantum Information Students' Conference, University of Montreal, June 16-20, 2008, Montreal, Canada. 20) Michigan Quantum Summer School, University of Michigan, June 23-27, 2008, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. 21) XI National Meeting on Optics and II Andean and Caribbean Conference on Optics and Applications, Universidad de Pamplona, November 10-14, 2008, Pamplona, Colombia. 22) International Congress of Science Education, Universidad Antonio Nariño, July 15-18, 2009, Cartagena, Colombia. 23) XVII Congreso Colombiano de Matemáticas, Universidad del Valle, Agosto 3-6, 2009, Cali, Colombia. 24) II Encuentro Nacional Sobre la Enseñanza de las Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Católica Popular del Risaralda, Septiembre 2-3, 2010, Pereira, Colombia. 25) III Congreso Colombiano de Filosofía, Universidad del Valle, Octubre 19-22, 2010, Cali, Colombia. 26) Tercera Escuela Nacional de Historia y Educación Matemática, Universidad del Valle, Octubre 27-29, 2010, Cali, Colombia. 27) Tercera Jornada de Investigación Científica, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Octubre 27-28, 2010, Cali, Colombia. 28) International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Informatics, ICAMI2010, San Andrés Isla, November 28-December 03, 2010, Colombia. 29) Simposio Internacional de Pedagogía, Redes Colombiana e Iberoamericana de Pedagogía, Universidad de Cartagena, Mayo 11-13, 2011, Colombia. 30) I Encuentro Internacional y III Encuentro Nacional Sobre la Enseñanza de las Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Católica de Pereira, Septiembre 1-2, 2011, Pereira, Colombia. 31) II Coloquio: Ciencia y Religión, Universidad del Valle y Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Octubre 5-7, 2011, Cali, Colombia. 32) School of Applied Mathematics and Innovation, SAMI-2011, Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Santa Marta, November 28-December 03, 2011, Colombia. 33) Simposio Internacional de Pedagogía, Redes Colombiana e Iberoamericana de Pedagogía, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Abril 19-20, 2012, Colombia. 34) I-ECTCCM (Primera Escuela Colombiana de Teoría y Computación en las Ciencias Moleculares) y IV-ENQTC (Cuarto Encuentro Nacional de Químicos Teóricos y Computacionales), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Abril 28-Mayo 01, 2012, Colombia. 35) I-EMA (Primera Escuela de Matemática Aplicada): Métodos Topológicos en Ecuaciones Diferenciales Ordinarias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cali, Octubre 8-

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13, 2012, Colombia. 36) II-EIECEN (II Encuentro Internacional Sobre la Enseñanza de las Ciencias Exactas y Naturales), Universidad Católica de Pereira, Septiembre 12-13, 2013, Pereira, Colombia. 37) XIV-ENO (XIV National Meeting on Optics) and V-CANCOA (V Andean and Caribbean Conference on Optics and Applications), Universidad del Valle, November 16-20, 2015, Cali, Colombia. 38) II-ELECA (Segunda Escuela Latinoamericana de Enseñanza de las Ciencias y la Astronomía), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Mayo 25-27, 2016, Colombia. 1) Luís Fernando Bejarano, Ph. D. Associate Professor, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Movil phone: 1-787-679-0330 2) Aracely Canizales, B. Sc. Biology and Chemist Teacher, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Movil phone: 1-847-293-2314 3) Nery Herney Serrano, B. Sc. Engineer of Oncology Services International, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Movil phone: 1-407-694-3002 1) Marlio Paredes, Ph. D. Research Associate Professor, Arizona State University, MCMSC Faculty, USA. E-mail: [email protected] 2) Jairo Roldán Charria, Ph. D. Full Professor, Physics Department, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. E-mail: [email protected] Movil phone: 57-310-414-9157 3) Germán Guerrero Pino, Ph. D. Full Professor, Philosophy Department, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. E-mail: [email protected] Movil phone: 57-317-501-4198