About Dr. Haas
Alan Haas, Ph.D., A.L.M.
About Dr. Haas
My name is Dr. Alan Haas. I have a multidisciplinary background and trained in laboratories at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania. My work combines biophysics, psychology, and the study of mind–body processes. I currently focus on theoretical and experimental questions involving the relationship between psychology and physics, and on the role of mindfulness in human behavior.
At Harvard, my experimental research examined the effects of mindfulness on interpersonal synchrony and coordinated behavior. Earlier work for my doctoral thesis centered on the electrochemistry of mitochondrial enzymes and electrical current generation by cytochrome oxidase. I now apply these bioenergetic principles to broader questions of cognition, regulation, and human interaction, and I continue to develop the larger psychobiophysical framework that connects these areas.
In addition to research, I write books and articles on these topics. Outside of academic work, I collect rare books—particularly in science, psychology, and intellectually related fields—and maintain a small antiquarian business as part of my wider interests in history, ideas, and material culture. I also enjoy classical music, fitness, gardening, and nature.
Background:
2018 - 2020 Experimental Research in Dept. of Psychology, Langer Mindfulness Laboratory, Harvard University
2012 – 2014 Researcher in Dept. of Psychology, Harvard University
2006 – 2011 A.L.M. Degree in Psychology, Harvard Extension School, Advisor Prof. Ellen Langer
2007 Special Student Status, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
2002 - 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health
2001 Postdoctoral Research, Dept. of Physics, City College of New York
2000 Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Advisor Prof P. Leslie Dutton, FRS
1993 B.A. in Physics, University of Pennsylvania
Additional Positions:
2011 Advisory/Editorial Board, Journal of Neuroquantology
Publications:
Haas, Alan S. Design and Assembly of Catalytically Active Monolayer Films of Cytochrome c and Cytochrome c Oxidase, UMI, 2000.
Haas, A.S., Pilloud, D.L., Reddy, K.S., Babcock, G.T., Moser, C.M., Blasie, J.K. and Dutton, P.L. Cytochrome c and Cytochrome c Oxidase: Monolayer Assemblies and Catalysis, 2001, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 105, Issue 45, pp. 11351-11362 (illustrated on front cover).
Haas, A.S. The Interconnectedness of Reality. Waltham, MA: Psychobiophysics Research Organization, 2010.
Haas, A.S. On a Physical Scientific Approach to Transpersonal Psychology. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 2011, Vol. 30, Issue 2, p. 69-81.
Haas, A.S. The Interpretation of Telepathy-like Effects: A Novel Electromagnetic and Synchronistic Version of the Psychoanalytic Model. Journal of Neuroquantology (Special Issue on Dreaming, Telepathy and Various States of Consciousness; Stanley Krippner & Cheryl Fracasso Eds.), March, 2011, p. 22-35. (PDF)
Haas, A.S. The Discovery of Quantum Tunneling in Biological Electron Transfer and the Possibility of a Redox-like Mechanism of the Mind: A Retrospective. Journal of Neuroquantology (in Pioneers Who Have Changed the Face of Science and Those That Have Been Mentored by Them), Sept, 2011, p. 415-18.
Haas, A.S. The nature of the relation between psychology and physics: An argument for a central role of electromagnetism in thought and behavior, Neuroquantology, 2011, Vol. 9, Issue 4, p. 892-909.
Haas, A.S. A brain charge mechanism modeled in synchronistic dyadic interpersonal interaction, Neuroquantology, 2012, Vol. 10, Issue 3.
Haas, A.S. The effects of mindfulness on interpersonal synchronization and attraction, ALM Thesis, Harvard University 2012.
Haas, A.S. and Langer, E. J. Mindful Attraction and Synchronization: Mindfulness and Regulation of Interpersonal Synchronicity, Neuroquantology, 2014.
Modeling and Measurement of Interpersonal Attraction and Coordination in Charged Social Space-Time. Neuroquantology, 2015.