In January 1995, just prior to completing his Ph.D. at the University of California at Davis, Dr. Oas was hired by EPGY to take over the development and tutoring of the physics courses. His thesis covered mathematical physics pertaining to quantum chaos ("Normal Matrix Models"). Dr. Oas continues to do research in areas such as foundations of quantum mechanics, special relativity, physics pedagogy, and of course random matrix models. Currently, he is collaborating on models of brain function.

Dr. Oas has an interest in music, primarily blues, jazz, and gypsy jazz. He plays guitar, piano and saxophone. He also enjoys aviation and holds a private pilot's license. Dr. Oas really enjoys talking about physics and reading physics books (several at a time), but he has been known to pick up a good Wodehouse or some other recent fictional work.