, ▁career ▁and ▁work ▁ ▁U me za wa ▁obtained ▁his ▁Ph D ▁from ▁N ago ya ▁University , ▁Japan ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 . ▁He ▁worked ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Tokyo , ▁Japan , ▁and ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Nap les , ▁Italy , ▁and ▁took ▁up ▁a ▁position ▁as ▁professor ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin – Mil w au kee ▁( U WM ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁already ▁considered ▁a ▁famous ▁phys ic ist ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁He ▁joined ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Al berta , ▁Canada , ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁when ▁he ▁took ▁the ▁Kill am ▁Memorial ▁Chair ▁as ▁Professor ▁of ▁Physics , ▁a ▁position ▁which ▁he ▁held ▁until ▁his ▁ret irement ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁ ▁U me za wa ▁is ▁recognized ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁em inent ▁quantum ▁field ▁the or ists ▁of ▁his ▁generation . ▁He ▁applied ▁his ▁results ▁in ▁quantum ▁field ▁theory ▁also ▁to ▁high ▁energy ▁physics , ▁cond ensed ▁matter ▁physics , ▁nuclear ▁physics ▁and ▁statistical ▁physics , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁his ▁consider ations ▁of ▁quantum ▁theory ▁and ▁the ▁mind . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁together ▁with ▁L . M . ▁Ric ci ardi , ▁he ▁proposed ▁a ▁quantum ▁theory ▁of ▁the ▁brain ▁which ▁pos its ▁a ▁spatial ly ▁distributed ▁charge ▁formation ▁exhib iting ▁sp ont aneous ▁break down s ▁at ▁micro ▁levels ▁as ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁processing ▁at ▁macro ▁levels . ▁In ▁this ▁model , ▁the ▁information ▁res ides