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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA: Dr. Theodore A. Litovitz
Dr. Litovitz received his Ph.D. in physics in 1950. He was a Professor of Physics at the
Catholic University of America for over 40 years. He is now Professor Emeritus and director of the
interdisciplinary Bioelectromagnetics Research Program at the Catholic University of America. This
program involves the faculty from electrical and biomedical engineering as well as biology and
physics. He is also co-Director of the Vitreous State Laboratory. He is a Fellow of the American
Physical Society and of the Acoustical Society of America. He has published over 125 papers and
co-authored a book on the interaction of ultrasonic waves and matter. Over the past 13 years his
research and development activities have been directed toward understanding and controlling the
effects of electromagnetic fields on biological systems and developing devices to inhibit these effects.
He has been a consultant to both the US government and to private industry.
His work includes: 1) An investigation of EMF-induced teratogenic effects in chick embryos
where the existence of a genetic predisposition to electromagnetic teratogenesis was shown; 2)
Arriving at a theoretical explanation of the origin of power and frequency windows in bio-responses;
3) Discovering the importance of coherence and constancy in the EM field for inducing
bio-electromagnetic effects; 4) Determining the origin of microwave absorption in aqueous DNA
solutions; 5) Determining the role of modulation in the induction of bio-effects by microwaves; 6)
Demonstrating the similarity of microwave and ELF induced bioeffects; 7)Discovering the ability to
inhibit EMF induced bioeffects by the superposition of ELF EM noise; 8) Demonstrating that the
biochemistry of a chick embryo can be modified by exposure to weak EM fields; and 9) Performing a
study of various ELF exposure systems showing advantages and disadvantages of each. He has been
the project director for the interdisciplinary study of ELF magnetic field and microwave effects on cell
function.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
1.
T. A. Litovitz, D. Krause and J. M. Mullins. 1991. Effect of coherence time of the applied
magnetic field on ornithine decarboxylase activity. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm.,
178:862-865.
2.
C. J. Montrose, T. A. Litovitz and E. C. Elson. 1991. Augmented transcription by
electromag-netic field exposure: the experimental technique affects the measured transient
response. Bioelectro-chem-istry and Bioenergetics, 25:383-394.
3.
B. Saif, R. K. Mohr, C. J. Montrose and T. A. Litovitz. 1991. On the mechanism of dielectric
relaxation in aqueous DNA solutions. Biopolymers, 31:1171-1180.
4.
H. Bassen, T. A. Litovitz, L. M. Penafiel and R. Mister. 1992. Recommendations for
standardization of sample containers used for in-vitro ELF biological exposure systems,
Bioelectromagnetics 13:183-198.
5.
L. M. Penafiel and T. A. Litovitz. 1992., Counter-ion condensation and ionic conductivity. J.
Chem. Phys. 96:3033-3038.
6.
L.M. Penafiel and T.A. Litovitz.1992. High frequency delectric dispersion of polyelectrolyte
solutions and its relation to counter-ion condensation. J. Chem. Phys., 97:559-567.
7.
T. A. Litovitz, C. J. Montrose and W. Wang. 1993. Dose response implications of the transient
nature of electromagnetic-field-induced bio-effects: theortetical hypotheses and predictions,
Bioelectromagnetics Supplement, 1:237-246.
8.
W. Wang, T. A. Litovitz, L. M. Penafiel and R. Meister. 1993. Determination of the induced
electric field distribution in a two-layer in-vitro system simulating biological cells in nutrient,
Bioelectromagnetics, 14:29-39(1993)
9.
T.A. Litovitz, C.J. Montrose and P. Doinov. 1993. Spatial and temporal coherence affects the
response of biological systems to electromagnetic fields. In Electricity and Magnetism in
Biology and Medicine. (Ed. M. Blank), San Francisco Press, San Francisco, CA. pp. 347-349.
10.
J.M. Mullins, D. Krause and T.A. Litovitz. 1993. Simultaneous application of a spatially
coherent noise field blocks the response of cell cultures to a 60 Hz electromagnetic field. In
Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine. (Ed. M. Blank), San Francisco Press, San
Francisco, CA. pp.345-346.
11.
J.M. Farrell, M. Barber, P. Doinov, D. Krause and T.A. Litovitz. 1993. Effect of 60-Hz
sinusoidal magnetic fields on ornithine decarboxylase activity in developing chick embryos. In
Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine. (Ed. M. Blank), San Francisco Press, San
Francisco, CA. pp. 342-344.
12.
T.A. Litovitz, D. Krause, M. Penafiel, E.C. Elson and J.M. Mullins. 1993. The role of
coherence time in the effect of microwaves on ornithine decarboxylase activity.
Bioelectromagnetics, 39:261-268.
13.
T.A. Litovitz, C.J. Montrose, P. Doinov, K.M. Brown and M. Barber. 1994. Superimposing
spatially coherent electromagnetic noise inhibits field-induced abnormalities in developing
chick embryos. Bioelectromagnetics, 15:105-113.
14.
T.A.Litovitz, D. Krause, C.J. Montrose and J.M. Mullins. 1994. Temporally incoherent
magnetic fields mitigate the response of biological systems to temporally coherent magnetic
fields. Bioelectromagnetics, 15:399-410
15.
Mullins, J.M., T.A. Litovitz and C.J. Montrose. 1995 The role of coherence in electromagnetic
field-induced bioeffects: the signal-to-noise dilemma. In ..Electromagnetic Fields, Biological
Interactions and Mechanisms, 319-338 (Ed. M. Blank) American Chemical Society,
Washington DC.
16.
Penafiel, M., T.A. Litovitz, D. Krause, J.M. Mullins, 1997. The Role of Modulation in
Microwave Induced Bioeffects. Bioelectromagnetics 18:132-141
17.
Litovitz, TA, M. Penafiel, D. Krause, D. Zhang, and J.M. Mullins. 1997 The Role of Temporal
Sensing in Bioelectromagnetic Effects, Bioielectromagnetics 18:388-395
18.
Litovitz T.A., L.M. Penafiel, J. M. Farrell, D. Krause, R. Meister and J.M. Mullins. 1997.
Bioeffects Induced by Exposure to Microwaves are Mitigated by ELF Noise
Bioelectromagnetics 18:422-430
19.
Farrell J.M. , T. L. Litovitz, L.M. Penafiel, C. J. Montrose, P. Doinov, M. Barber, K. M. Brown
and T. A. Litovitz, (1997) The Effect of Pulsed and Sinusoidal Magnetic Fields on the
Morphology of Developing Chick Embryos, Bioelectromagnetics 18:431-438
20.
Farrell J.M. , M. Barber, D. Krause, T.A. Litovitz, 1997 , Effects of Low Frequency
Electromagnetic Fields on the Activity of Ornithine Decarboxylase in Developing Chicken
Embryos, 1997 Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics 43:91-96
22.
Farrell J.M., M. Barber, D. Krause, T.A. Litovitz, 1997 The Superposition of a Temporally
Incoherent Magnetic Field Inhibits 60 Hz-induced Changes in the ODC Activity of Developing
Chick Embryos, Bioelectromagnetics 19:53-56
23.
Di Carlo, A.L., Farrell, J.M., Litovitz, T.A.: A simple experiment to study electromagnetic field
effects: protection induced by short-term exposures to 60 Hz magnetic fields.
Bioelectromagnetics. 19, 498-500, 1998
24.
Farrell, J.M., Barber, M., Krause, D., Litovitz, T.A.: The superposition of a temporally
incoherent magnetic field inhibits 60 Hz-induced changes in the ODC activity of developing
chick embryos. Bioelectromagnetics. 19, 53-56, 1998
25.
Mullins, J.M., Litovitz, T.A., Penafiel, M., Desta, A., Krause, D.: Intermittent noise affects
EMF-induced ODC activity. Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics. 44, 237-242, 1998
26.
Di Carlo, A.L., Litovitz, T.A.: Is genetics the unrecognized confounding factor in
bioelectromagnetics? Flock-dependence of field-induced anoxia protection in chick embryos.
Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics. 48, 209-215, 1999
27.
Di Carlo, A.L., Farrell, J.M., Litovitz, T.A.: Myocardial protection conferred by
electromagnetic fields. Circulation, 99, 813-816 (1999)
28.
Di Carlo, A.L., Hargis, M.T., Penafiel, L.M., Litovitz, T.A. Short-term magnetic field
exposures (60 Hz) induce protection against ultraviolet radiation damage. Int.J.Radiat.Biol. 75, 15419, 1999
29.
DiCarlo, A.L., Mullins J.M. and Litovitz, T.A. Electromagnetic field-induced protection of
chick embryos against hypoxia exhibits characteristics of temporal sensing. Bioelectrochemistry 52,
17-21, 2000
30.
DiCarlo, A.L., Mullins J.M. and Litovitz, T.A. Thresholds for electromagnetic field-induced
protection: evidence for a primary electric field effect. Bioelectrochemistry 52, 9-16, 2000
31.
Di Carlo AL, White NC, Litovitz TA. Mechanical and electromagnetic induction of protection
against oxidative stress. Bioelectrochemistry 53, 87-95, 2001
32.
Di Carlo A, White N, Guo F, Garrett P, Litovitz T. Chronic electromagnetic field exposure
decreases HSP70 levels and lowers cytoprotection. J Cell Biochem 84, 447-54, 2002