No. I could find no evidence that John E. Brandenburg claims affiliation with Harvard University, nor could I find any evidence of Harvard claiming an affiliation with him. Per Brandenburg's CV , he has been affiliated with the following academic institutions: Southern Oregon University (BA) University of California, Davis (MS, Ph.D) University of Central Florida (instructor and researcher) Madison College, Wisconsin (part-time instructor) ITT Tech (part-time instructor) Herzing University (part-time instructor) California State University, Fullerton (part-time instructor) These are in addition to work at several laboratories, including the Sandia and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. We can find the names of most of these institutions repeated in biographical blurbs on the websites of companies that he's worked for and of films, shows etc. that have featured Brandenburg: Blue Pl