Dr Melvin Vopson
Biography
I graduated my BSc (Hons) and MSc degrees in Physics from the University of Bucharest, and received my PhD in Physics from the University of Central Lancashire in 2002. My previous appointments include two postdoctoral fellowships at the University of York, senior R&D scientist at Seagate Technology (a world leading high-tech company) and over six years as Higher Research Scientist at the UK National Physical Laboratory.
I was formerly known as Marian Vopsaroiu.
My major scientific contributions are in the fields of solid state caloric effects, thin film growth technologies, multiferroic materials and their applications, optical techniques of characterisation of solids, development of novel metrologies and innovations based on ferroic materials, theoretical studies of non-equilibrium phenomena, fundamental physics and information physics.
Research interests
Currently my research interest revolves around experimental and theoretical studies of applied and fundamental physics with emphasis on ordered and multifunctional systems, caloric effects, non-equilibrium systems and information theory.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=09NGMwcAAAAJ&hl=th
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-5538
Research outputs
2025
Response to Sabine Hossenfelder’s Commentary on Vopson’s Paper: Is gravity evidence of a computational universe? AIP Advances 15, 045035 (2025) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0264945
Vopson, M.
30 May 2025, In: IPI Letters. 3, 3, p. N1-N5, 5p.
Research output: Article
Is gravity evidence of a computational universe?
Vopson, M.
25 Apr 2025, In: AIP Advances. 15, 4, 7p., 045035
Research output: Article
On the second law of infodynamics from cosmological thermodynamics
Vopson, M.
10 Jan 2025, In: IPI Letters. 3, 1, p. N6-N9, 4p.
Research output: Article
2024
Next generation blockchain technology: The Entropic Blockchain
Vopson, M., Lepadatu, S., Vopson, A., Lukaszyk, S.
19 Jul 2024, In: Applied Sciences (Switzerland). 14, 14, 12p., 6297
Research output: Article
2023
Do we live in a computer simulation like in The Matrix? My proposed new law of physics backs up the idea
Vopson, M.
18 Oct 2023, In: The Conversation
Research output: Article
The second law of infodynamics and its implications for the simulated universe hypothesis
Vopson, M.
6 Oct 2023, In: AIP Advances. 13, 10, 15p., 105308
Research output: Article
Reality Reloaded: The Scientific Case for a Simulated Universe
Vopson, M.
26 Sep 2023,
Research output: Book
2022
How to test if we're living in a computer simulation
Vopson, M.
21 Nov 2022, In: The Conversation, 2p.
Research output: Article
A new particle won't solve dark matter, Dark matter may be information itself
Vopson, M.
16 Nov 2022, In: IAI News, 4p.
Research output: Article
Second law of information dynamics
Vopson, M., Lepadatu, S.
11 Jul 2022, In: AIP Advances. 12, 7, 6p., 075310
Research output: Article