Roger Malina
ArtSciLab Advisory Board Member
A distinguished astrophysicist and interdisciplinary thinker, Roger played a pivotal role as Principal Investigator on NASA’s Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) satellite, contributing to the first human-made map of the sky at wavelengths between 70 and 760 angstroms—a landmark achievement in space science (EUVE Project).
heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/euve
Beyond his contributions to astrophysics, Roger has been a driving force in the arts-science-technology community. Following the legacy of his father, Frank Malina, he played a key role in establishing nonprofit organizations to ensure the continuation of Leonardo Publications, fostering global dialogues at the intersection of science and creativity (OLATS | Leonardo).
olats.org and leonardo.info
His commitment to interdisciplinary exploration is further reflected in the Off-Center for Emergence Studies, an initiative developed in collaboration with Jason Brogden, Janeil Engelstadt, and Patricia Olynyk, which has led to impactful, unexpected intersections between diverse fields. Roger’s presence on the advisory board brings an invaluable visionary perspective, bridging disciplines in ways that redefine the boundaries of knowledge and innovation.
profiles.utdallas.edu/roger.malina
Roger Malina has documented his work throughout his career, and left traces for others both now and in the future in a variety of ways.
As of March 23 2025
His wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Malina
During his career he changed his name, adding the middle initial F. After realizing that there are many other R.M.s than him, he learned this as part of being trained in “reputation management”.
Google Scholar has a good list of his academic publishing; https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=R1jPR_gAAAAJ&hl=en
He also “edited’ some publications while serving as Executive Editor of the Leonardo Publications at MIT Press for 40 years: https://leonardo.info/network/25499
He published 250 of his power point presentations on: https://www.slideshare.net/search?searchfrom=header&q=roger+malina
He started publishing White Papers on the ArtSciLab Web site https://artscilab.utdallas.edu/whitepapers/
Of particular note is https://artscilab.utdallas.edu/asl-over-the-years/ where Swati Anwesha published a collection of theses and papers by artscilab members.
Number of publication and publication methods over the years:
Creative Disturbance Podcast Platform: https://creativedisturbance.org/
His various web publications on web sites include:
Post Pandemic Pirate Publishing: https://postpandemicpiratepublishing.wordpress.com/
DisPublishing: https://dis-publishing.com/
Published 29 booklets on Amazon:
This is part of an intentional strategy of “experimental publishing’, which Roger Malina and Tina Qin teach as a graduate seminar at UTD Dallas
AI-Co-authored Publishing
Finally he also started , in the fall of 2024, working with the Off Center for Emergence Studies to develop AI co-authored publishing https://artscilab.utdallas.edu/2024/11/29/center-for-emergence-studies-at-the-utdallas-artscilab/
The team has been developing a AI coauthor called Fred the Heretic: You can find FTH by searching through GPTs, or directly here: https://chatgpt.com/g/g-XmhqgURbv-fredtheheretic-fth and you can use this to coauthor and publish your own work.