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"Dangling Particles"
(NY Times editorial, Sep 18, 2005)

Freshman Seminar Presentations

Physics Department Faculty:

Lisa Randall

Professor of Physics

PhD 1987, Harvard University

Lisa Randall studies particle physics and cosmology. Her research concerns elementary particles and fundamental forces, and has involved the study of a wide variety of models, the most recent involving extra dimensions of space. She has also worked on supersymmetry, Standard Model observables, cosmological inflation, baryogenesis, grand unified theories, general relativity, and string theory. Professor Randall recently completed a book entitled Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions , which was included in the New York Times' 100 notable books of 2005.  

Professor Randall earned her PhD from Harvard University and held professorships at MIT and Princeton University before returning to Harvard in 2001. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the American Physical Society, and is a past winner of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship, a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award, a DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award, and the Westinghouse Science Talent Search. In 2003, she received the Premio Caterina Tomassoni e Felice Pietro Chisesi Award, from the University of Rome, La Sapienza. In autumn, 2004, she was the most cited theoretical physicist of the previous five years. In 2006, she received the Klopsted Award from the American Society of Physics Teachers (AAPT). Prof. Randall was featured in Seed Magazine's "2005 Year in Science Icons," in Newsweek's "Who's Next in 2006" as "one of the most promising theoretical physicists of her generation" and was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2007. She was recently named winner of the 2007 Julius Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society for her seminal work in particle physics and cosmology, and for her “tireless efforts to engage both specialists and non-specialists” regarding advances in these fields. She has helped organize numerous conferences and has been on the editorial board of several major theoretical physics journals.

Watch Prof. Randall's interview on Charlie Rose's show