Ignazio Licata (born 1958) is an Italian theoretical physicist, professor and scientific director of the Institute for Scientific Methodology, Italy.
Licata has studied with David Bohm, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Abdus Salam and Giuseppe Arcidiacono.
[1] Licata is editor-in-chief of the Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics (EJTP)[2] and scientific director of the interdisciplinary Institute for Scientific Methodology (ISEM),[3] located in Bagheria, Province of Palermo, Italy.
His further topics of research include the foundation of quantum mechanics, space-time at Planck scale, the group approach in quantum cosmology, systems theory, non-linear dynamics, as well as computation in physical, biological and cognitive systems (logical openness, sub and super Turing systems).
[4] Licata has developed a new approach to quantum cosmology ("Archaic Universe") based on de Sitter invariant special relativity.