通过跨学科对话寻找前进的道路
UAP 研究协会坚定地致力于汇集来自人文学科和 STEM 的思想家、想法和研究。我们相信，只有当科学和人文追求密切相关时，人类面临的最困难问题才会真正取得进展。 UAP 现象也不例外——它尤其受益于多元化的思想参与有纪律的辩论。
我们的顾问委员会反映了这一愿景。
我们的顾问委员会与协会主席及其董事会密切合作。咨询委员会的职能是确保学会在学术和经验上负责任的方向上被引导，与其总体使命和目标一致。
咨询委员会
Michael Bohlander, Dr. Jur.
Chair in Global Law & SETI Policy
Durham University, U.K.
Bill Chalker
Independent Researcher
Australia
Brenda Denzler, Ph.D.
Independent Researcher
U.S.A.
Greg Eghigian, Ph.D.
Prof. of History & Bioethics
Penn State University
Kimberly Engels, Ph.D.
Assoc. Prof. of Philosophy
Molloy University
Jérôme Ezan, Ph.D.
Researcher
Neurocentre Magendie-INSERM U1215; Bordeaux, France
Stephen Finley, Ph.D.
Inaugural Chair & Assoc. Prof. of African and African American Studies
Louisiana State University
Baptiste Friscourt
Professeur certifié d'arts plastiques
Ministere de l'education nationale et de la Jeunesse, rectorat de l'académie de Reims, France
Steven Fuller, Ph.D.
Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology
University of Warwick, U.K.
Gene Greneker
Independent Researcher | President
UAPx | RADAR Flashlight
Rich Hoffman
Executive Board
Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies
Paul Kingsbury, Ph.D.
Assoc. Dean & Prof. of Geography
Simon Fraser University, Canada | SCU
Kevin H. Knuth, Ph.D.
Prof. of Physics
State University of New York, Albany | UAPx
James Madden, Ph.D.
Prof. of Philosophy
Benedictine University
Tim Murithi, Ph.D.
Extradordinary Prof. of African Studies
University of Free State, South Africa | ICER
Filipe Nascimento, Ph.D.
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University College London, U.K.
Ted Peters, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Professor of Systematic Theology and Ethics
Graduate Theological Union
Christian Peters, Ph.D.
Managing Director
BIGSSS, University of Bremen
Inbar Pincu
Ph.D. Student, Dept. of International Relations
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Joshua Pierson, D.D.S
National Security Advisor
Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies
Mark Rodeghier, Ph.D.
President & Scientific Director
J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS)
Nikola Schmidt, Ph.D.
Lecturer | Lead Researcher
Charles University, Prague | Prague Institute of International Relations
Erling Strand, Ph.D.
Asst. Prof. of Computer Science & Communications (Ret.)
Østfold University College, Norway | Project Hessdalen
Gretchen Stahlman, Ph.D.
Asst. Prof., School of Information
Florida State University
Massimo Teodorani, Ph.D.
Independent Researcher & Contributing Member
Project Hessdalen | SCU
Michael Uhall, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Political Science
Indiana University East
Michaël Vaillant
Director
UAP Check, France
Beatriz Villarroel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Astrophysics
Nordic Institute of Physics, Sweden
Wesley Watters, Ph.D.
Assoc. Prof. & Chair of Astronomy
Wellesley College | Galileo Project
Jinwoo Yu
Founder
Korean UAP Research Network
Michael E. Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Prof. Emeritus of Philosophy
University of Colorado, Boulder
Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors is responsible for the organization as a nonprofit corporate entity. The specific direction that the organization takes as a learned & professional society is shaped by the Society's Advisory Board, which functions as a steering committee.
President & Acting Executive Director | Co-founder
Dr. Cifone received a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland (UMD) in the philosophy of science. His research focused on the conceptual foundations of theoretical physics, and the metaphysical implications of relativity and quantum theories. Dr. Cifone published in a number of physics and philosophy journals and after graduating from UMD, taught widely in philosophy, the philosophy of science, ethics, and logic at various universities and colleges across the United States. Since 2016 he has been a lecturer in philosophy for the City University of New York's Bronx campus. Now Dr. Cifone works in the nascent field of UAP Studies and the problem of what a science of UAP should look like, bringing to bear the philosophy of science on the issue.
Secretary | Co-founder
Michael D. Silberstein, Ph.D.
Dr. Silberstein is Full Professor of Philosophy at Elizabethtown College, a founding member of the Cognitive Science program and permanent Adjunct in the Philosophy Department at the University of Maryland. His primary research interests are foundations of physics, foundations of cognitive science and foundations of complexity theory respectively. Prof. Silberstein has published widely in each of these areas.
CFO
Thomas Scheiding, Ph.D.
Dr. Scheiding earned his doctorate in Economics from the University of Notre Dame, where he wrote his dissertation on the economics of academic journals and learned societies. He is Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Hawai‘i, and publishes widely in economics.