Scott R. Chubb was born on January 30, 1953, in Manhattan, NY. He received the B.A. degree in physics from Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, in 1975 and the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees, also in physics, from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, in 1978 and 1982, respectively. His dissertation in the area of theoretical solid-state physics and surface science was carried out primarily at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY.
From 1982 to 1989, he primarily worked on problems associated with the electronic structure and magnetic properties of surfaces, interfaces and alloys, first, as a Research Associate (from 1982 to 1985) at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, and then, while in residence at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), as a National Research Council Fellow (1985-1988), and as an employee of Sachs/Freeman Associates, Inc., Landover, MD (between 1988 and 1989). Beginning in 1988, he also began work in areas related to applications of microwaves in space technology at NRL. He became an employee of NRL in 1989. Besides being a permanent NRL employee, concurrently he has held consultant positions with Research Systems, Inc., Arlington, VA, since 1990, and Oakton International Corporation, Oakton, VA, since 1995, in areas related to cold nuclear fusion. His research interests include microwave sensing of the ocean, applications of relativity in the maintenance of precision time in space, and the study of hydrogen in metals and its implications in cold nuclear fusion. He has been the author of more than 50 refereed publications in scientific journals, in areas related to solid state physics, general and special relativity, electromagnetic scattering, nonlinear wave dynamics, statistical physics, and nuclear physics. He is the author of one patent (awarded in 1996) for a device that eliminates navigational errors in the global positioning system (GPS) from the effects of the sun on GPS microwave transmissions, and of two pending, process patents associated with cold nuclear fusion.