Lisa Randall
Lisa Randall HonFInstP (born June 18, 1962) is an American theoretical physicist and Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University. Her research includes the fundamental forces of nature and dimensions of space. She studies the Standard Model, supersymmetry, possible solutions to the hierarchy problem concerning the relative weakness of gravity, cosmology of dimensions, baryogenesis, cosmological inflation, and dark matter. She contributed to the Randall–Sundrum model, first published in 1999 with Raman Sundrum.
Lisa Randall | |
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| Born | June 18, 1962 Queens, New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA, PhD) |
| Known for | Randall–Sundrum model Warped Passages (2005) |
| Awards | Klopsteg Memorial Award (2006) Lilienfeld Prize (2007) Andrew Gemant Award (2012) Sakurai Prize (2019) Oskar Klein Medal (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory University of California, Berkeley Princeton University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | Howard Georgi |
| Doctoral students | Csaba Csáki |
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