Education
Florida State University. Harvard University.
biologist university professor Zoologist
Florida State University. Harvard University.
In 1975, he and Donald R. Strong were the first to propose the theory of skototropism in an article in the journal Science (190: 804-806), which he later worked into his senior thesis at Florida State University after conducting additional experiments. The thesis was expanded into his Doctor of Philosophy thesis at Harvard University. He is currently Professor of Zoology and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
In The Rise of Endymion, Dan Simmons"s conclusion to his famous Hyperion Cantos sci-fi series, it is revealed by the character of Aenea that the TechnoCore originated from a human experiment in which computer programs were allowed to compete for resources (eg memory) and evolve accordingly.
Tom Ray is also a former member of the International Core War Society.
