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Jack Tuszyński (born 1956) is a Polish professor of
oncology Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''. The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος (''ó ...
and
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Biography

Tuszyński graduated with a master's degree in
physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...
from the
University of Poznan A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...
in 1980 and obtained his PhD in
condensed matter physics Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic and microscopic physical properties of matter, especially the solid and liquid phases which arise from electromagnetic forces between atoms. More generally, the sub ...
three years later from the
University of Calgary The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta, founded in 1908, prior to being ins ...
. He became a postdoctoral
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at the
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department the same year. From 1983 to 1988 he worked at the Department of Physics of the
Memorial University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland, also known as Memorial University or MUN (), is a public university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, based in St. John's, with satellite campuses in Corner Brook, elsewhere in Newfoundland and ...
, then worked in the same department at the
University of Alberta The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexander Cameron Rutherfor ...
for two years. From 1990 to 1993 he was promoted to associate, then full professor, and as of 2005 became Allard Chair of the
Cross Cancer Institute Cross Cancer Institute is the comprehensive cancer centre for northern Alberta. The institute, named for Wallace Warren Cross, is located in Edmonton near the southwest corner of the University of Alberta, and is one of two tertiary cancer centr ...
. He also served in a Division of Experimental Oncology and is an editor of such journals as the '' Journal of Biological Physics'', ''
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'' and many others which brought him an
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of 32 as of 2014. Tuszyński was part of a team of researchers who found that anesthetic drugs allow
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to re-emit trapped light in a much shorter time than originally thought. They found that light caught inside an energy trap was re-emitted after a delay, and they propose that this process might be explained through quantum laws. With the use of an anesthetic, however, this delay was considerably shorter. The process of
consciousness Consciousness, at its simplest, is sentience and awareness of internal and external existence. However, the lack of definitions has led to millennia of analyses, explanations and debates by philosophers, theologians, linguisticians, and scien ...
may be behind the delay."Experiment suggests that consciousness may be rooted in quantum physics: Is this where "consciousness begins?"
by Victor Tangermann. (Retrieved May 4, 2022.)


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Orchestrated objective reduction Orchestrated objective reduction (Orch OR) is a theory which postulates that consciousness originates at the quantum level inside neurons, rather than the conventional view that it is a product of connections between neurons. The mechanism is he ...
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Roger Penrose Sir Roger Penrose (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematician, mathematical physicist, philosopher of science and Nobel Laureate in Physics. He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford, an emeritus fello ...
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quantum superposition Quantum superposition is a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics. It states that, much like waves in classical physics, any two (or more) quantum states can be added together ("superposed") and the result will be another valid quantum ...
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Vlatko Vedral Vlatko Vedral is a Serbian-born (and naturalised British citizen) physicist and Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. Until the summer of 2022 he also held a joint appointmen ...
Living people 1956 births Polish oncologists University of Calgary alumni Academic staff of the University of Alberta Academic staff of the Memorial University of Newfoundland {{poland-med-bio-stub