Dr. Dowdye has B.S. degrees in Mathematics, Electronics Technology and Physics from Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. He has the degree of Diplom-Atomphysik (Atomic Physics) from the Physikalisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg in Germany. In addition, he was awarded a grant from the Preparing Future Faculty Program at Howard University in Washington, DC, where he obtained the Ph.D. in Laser Spectroscopy Physics at the Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory, supported by the Center for the Study of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Atmospheres.

He has taught Physics at Lincoln and Cheyney Universities in Pennsylvania, Marymount University in Northern Virginia, and Southeastern and Howard Universities in Washington, DC. The author is multilingual with fluency in German and Spanish. He has also instructed Experimental Physics and served as a mentor for German graduate students while pursuing the degree Diplom Atomphysik at Universität Heidelberg in Germany.

Dr. Dowdye currently works at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where he deals with the development of satellite born laser systems, special laser optics and the life-time performance of various non-linear crystals used for the generation of specific harmonics of a high energy Neodymium YAG Laser system. The non-linear crystals are ultimately used on board spacecrafts and satellites to provide the emissions for altimeter functions as well as the emissions from the probes designed to map the lunar, terrestrial and extraterrestrial surfaces. The laser emissions are also used to provide the excitations for probing various particulates of terrestrial and extraterrestrial atmospheres as well as to provide precision altimeter measurements to monitor changes in the levels of the polar ice caps due to environmental warming effects. He has worked extensively in communication systems engineering, dealing with the propagation of electromagnetic radiation, high data rate satellite uplink and cross link relay communication systems, the Physics of the laser spectroscopy, the detection and measurement of low concentration levels of important atmospheric species.

Dr. Dowdye is the author of a book, Discourses and Mathematical Illustrations Pertaining to the Extinction Shift Principle..., a challenge to Einstein’s Relativity, as well as a number of other important papers included in some renown refereed journals. He frequently lectures at various universities, schools and churches. Dr. Dowdye's book and theory on the Extinction Shift Principle was recently chosen at an elite status university in Germany, Universität Karlsruhe, as a seminar project assigned to the bright young graduate students in Mathematics and Physics.

Dr. Dowdye is also active and involved in the spiritual as well as the physical aspect. He is a member of Reid Temple A. M. E. Church in Glenn Dale, Maryland, formerly a member of Florida Avenue Baptist Church located in Washington, DC, his city of birth.