Scholars
Daniel S Helman
Winkle Institute: A Group of Independent Scientists
Based in
United States
North America
Daniel S. Helman is a geoscientist with projects in the natural and social sciences as well as humanities. His scientific research focuses on alternative energy, geology and sustainable development, as well as issues of pedagogy and creativity in teaching science, with degrees in aesthetics (BA, UCLA), geology (MS, California State University Long Beach) and sustainability education (PhD, Prescott College, USA). His training includes undergraduate study at an ivy (Cornell University, 1986-1988) and study abroad at an Oxbridge (Cambridge, Robinson College, 1988-1989), as well as a teaching credential for adult schools in California. Dr. Helman lived and taught in Vietnam from 2017-2018 and on the Pacific island of Yap (Federated States of Micronesia) from 2020-2023 and then at Wofford College in South Carolina from 2023-2024. When he is not doing science work, he runs a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which he set up to help independent scientists. Daniel continues to make art and recently published a play about Hypatia of Alexandria which first appeared at the 2016 Flagstaff Festival of Science and the Maryland STEM Festival.
Country(ies) of Specialty
Micronesia, Federated States of United States VietnamFocus areas of expertise
Geoengineering Scientific assessments Renewable energyPublications
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Helman, Daniel S. “Formative Assessment in a Geology Classroom: Promoting Learning by Giving Top Marks.” JISAE: Journal of Indonesian Student Assessment and Evaluation, vol. 9, no. 2, 2023, pp. 140-148. https://doi.org/10.21009/jisae.v9i2.39930
Helman, Daniel S., and M. Retallack. “Electrochemical Cells from Water Ice? Preliminary Methods and Results.” PLoS ONE, 2023.
Helman, Daniel S. “Social Media Used for Academic Purposes in Vietnam and China: An Overview of Implementation and Futures.” Journal of Asia-Pacific Business, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/10599231.2023.2212542
Helman, Daniel S. “Case Report: Psychiatric Symptoms Associated With the Moderna mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Administration and Their Resolution.” Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, vol. 16, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1177/11795476231166626
Helman, Daniel S. “Finding or Creating a Living Organism? Past and Future Thought Experiments in Astrobiology Applied to Artificial Intelligence.” Acta Biotheoretica, vol. 70, no. 13, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10441-022-09438-2
Helman, Daniel S. “Mathematics for the Masses: Door-to-Door Missionaries of Math and Twelve-Step Recovery Programs.” Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, vol. 12, no. 1, 2022, pp. 428–442. https://doi.org/10.5642/jhummath.202201.33
Helman, Daniel S. “Lightning for Energy and Material Uses: A Structured Review.” Global Challenges, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.202000029
Helman, Daniel S. “Seismic Electric Signals (SES) and Earthquakes: A Review of an Updated VAN Method and Competing Hypotheses for SES Generation and Earthquake Triggering.” Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2020.106484
Helman, Daniel S. “Nonmedical Interventions for Schizophrenia: A Review of Diet, Exercise, and Social Roles.” Holistic Nursing Practice, vol. 34, no. 2, 2020, pp. 73-82. https://doi.org/10.1097/HNP.0000000000000369
Helman, Daniel S. “Galactic Distribution of Chirality Sources of Organic Molecules.” Acta Astronautica, vol. 151, 2018, pp. 595-602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.07.008
Helman, Daniel. “When the Whales Left.” Plumwood Mountain: An Australian Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics, vol. 5, no. 2, 2018, https://plumwoodmountain.com/when-the-whales-left/
Helman, Daniel S. “Recovery from Schizophrenia: An Autoethnography.” Deviant Behavior, vol. 39, no. 3, 2018, pp. 380-399. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2017.1286174
Helman, Daniel. “Constructivist Discipline for a Student-Centered Classroom.” Academic Exchange Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, 2017, pp. 64-69. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED588863
Helman, Daniel S. “Symmetry-Based Electricity in Minerals and Rocks: A Review with Examples of Centrosymmetric Minerals That Exhibit Pyro- and Piezoelectricity.” Periodico di Mineralogia, vol. 85, no. 3, 2016, pp. 201-248. https://doi.org/10.2451/2016PM590
Helman, Daniel S. “Schizophrenia Is Normal: My Journey Through Diagnosis, Treatment, and Recovery.” Schizophrenia Bulletin, vol. 42, no. 6, 2016, pp. 1309-1311. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbu131
Helman, Daniel S. “Earth Electricity: A Review of Mechanisms Which Cause Telluric Currents in the Lithosphere.” Annals of Geophysics, vol. 56, no. 5, 2014, https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-6184
Helman, Daniel S. “Public Geology at Griffith Park in Los Angeles: A Sample Teachers’ Guide.” Electronic Green Journal, vol. 1, no. 33, 2012, https://escholarship.org/uc/item/01m2d0cx
Helman, Daniel S. “Catching Lightning for Alternative Energy.” Renewable Energy, vol. 36, no. 5, 2011, pp. 1311-1314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2010.10.027
Other publications
Helman, Daniel S. “Hypatia’s Math: A Play.” Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, vol. 14, 2024, https://doi.org/10.5642/jhummath.TGTB9022
Helman, Daniel S. “Microtectonics and Electricity: Diffusion Rate Variabilities in Metamorphic Reactions.” Goldschmidt Conference, July 2022, https://conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/2022/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/8554
Helman, Daniel S. “Ionospheric Induction of Earthquakes: Fitting the Data.” Conference Proceedings: European Geoscience Union Virtual General Assembly, 19-30 April 2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-9614
Helman, Daniel S. “Art Matters: The State of the Arts After Markets Arrive to Socialist and Former Socialist Nations.” Conference Proceedings: International Conference on Innovations in the Social Sciences and Humanities ISSH 2019, 4-5 October 2019, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, ISBN: 978-0-9945391-4-4, https://hutnyk.wordpress.com/2021/02/17/conference-proceedings-issh2019/
Helman, Daniel S. “Review of Recomposing Ecopoetics: North American Poetry of the Self-Conscious Anthropocene by Lynn Keller.” Electronic Green Journal, vol. 1, no. 42, 2019, https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7wf4x96r
Helman, Daniel S. “A Visit to Morocco: A Young Smile.” [visual story]. Internet Archive, 2019, https://archive.org/details/visualstorytellingmiswakavisittomorocco
Helman, Daniel S. “Recordings of Eight Songs for Purim.” [songs]. Internet Archive, 2019, https://archive.org/details/@daniel_helman
Helman, Daniel S. “Letter to the Editor: Schizophrenia Remission Without Medication.” Asian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 36, 2018, pp. 108-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2018.07.011
Helman, Daniel S. “Recordings of Self-Made Flutes and Shawm.” [music]. Internet Archive, 2017, https://archive.org/details/@daniel_helman
Helman, Daniel S. “Flash Fiction: My iFriend.” 365tomorrows, 30 March 2017, https://365tomorrows.com/2017/03/30/my-ifriend/
Helman, Daniel S., and J. Haqq-Misra. “Preserving Arctic and Antarctic Ice: Ideas About Artificial Processes.” Proceedings of SUSCON-V, IIM Shillong, Shillong, India, 17-19 March 2016, https://www.academia.edu/34169642/Preserving_Arctic_and_Antarctic_Ice_Ideas_about_Artificial_Processes
Helman, Daniel S. “Flash Fiction: Malia Read the Paper and Then Again.” 365tomorrows, 6 October 2016, https://365tomorrows.com/2016/10/06/malia-read-the-paper-and-then-again/
Helman, Daniel S. “Review of British Columbia’s Inland Rainforest: Ecology, Conservation, and Management by Susan K. Stevenson et al.” Electronic Green Journal, vol. 1, no. 39, 2016, https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0f0415w0
Helman, Daniel S. “Recycled Glass Innovation: Ground Glass as a Pigment and Filler Material.” Proceedings of ICETETS 2016, Kings College of Engineering, Thanjavur, India, 24-26 Feb. 2016, https://www.academia.edu/23133821/Recycled_glass_innovation_Ground_glass_as_a_pigment_and_filler_material
Helman, Daniel S. “Scientific Creativity to Fuel Sustainability: Teaching Math and Science in a Way that Inspires and Heals.” Proceedings of RE-DO: Conference on Sustainability and Culture’s Role in Sustainable Futures, Aarhus, Denmark, 28-31 Oct. 2015, https://www.academia.edu/17432833/Scientific_Creativity_to_Fuel_Sustainability_Teaching_Math_and_Science_in_a_Way_that_Inspires_and_Heals
Helman, Daniel S. “Ice as a Novel Material for Solar Panels in Cold Climates: Potential for Adoption and Usage.” Proceedings of ECPR General Conference, Université de Montréal, 26-29 Aug. 2015, https://www.academia.edu/14824512/Ice_as_a_Novel_Material_for_Solar_Panels_in_Cold_Climates_Potential_for_Adoption_and_Usage
Helman, Daniel S. “Review of Forest Economics by Daowei Zhang & Peter H. Pearse.” Electronic Green Journal, vol. 1, no. 38, 2015, https://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0pb1r327
Helman, Daniel S. “Finding Nature, Finding Love.” Journal of Sustainability Education, vol. 7, 2015, https://www.jsedimensions.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Daniel-Helman-Finding-Nature-Finding-Love-PDF-Ready.pdf
Helman, Daniel S. “Sixth Extinction, Here We Are.” YouTube, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM7xIpCZQkY
Helman, Daniel S. “Review of Dry River: Stories of Life, Death, and Redemption on the Santa Cruz by Ken Lamberton.” Electronic Green Journal, vol. 1, no. 36, 2013, https://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5ks569g5
Helman, Daniel S. “Review of Food and the Mid-Level Farm: Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle by Lyson, Stevenson & Welsh (Eds.).” Electronic Green Journal, vol. 1, no. 35, 2013, https://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/2pd0b604
Helman, Daniel S. “Letter to the Editor: The Levity of Dark Energy.” Physics Today, vol. 64, no. 10, 2011, p. 10. https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1276