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Robert Brandenberger
Brandenberger (1987 photo)
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Bern, Switzerland
Education
  • Harvard University
  • Cambridge University
    • AwardsCAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
    Scientific career
    Thesis Topics in Quantum Field Theory and Cosmology  (1983)
    Doctoral advisorWilliam Henry Press, Arthur Jaffe
    Doctoral students
  • Mark Trodden

    • Robert H. Brandenberger (born 1956) is a Swiss-Canadian theoretical cosmologist and a professor of physicsatMcGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

    Biography[edit]

    Brandenberger completed his undergraduate degree at ETH Zurich, in Switzerland, and went on to receive his Ph.D. from Harvard University.[1] He was a postdoctoral student under Stephen Hawking at the DAMTPatCambridge University.[2] He also did postdoctoral work at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara. Professor Brandenberger joined the faculty of Brown University in 1987 and then in 2004, he joined McGill University where he is a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) holder.[3][4] He is also an affiliate member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.[5] Robert Brandenberger developed the theory of string gas cosmology, with colleague Cumrun Vafa.[6] This theory is an alternative to inflationary cosmology.

    Honors and awards[edit]

    He has won numerous awards for his work, including the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in 1988,[7] the Outstanding Junior Researcher award from the Department of Energy in 1988,[8] the Killam Research Fellowship in 2009[9] and the CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics in 2011.[10]

    He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2001 [11]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Robert Brandenberger at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  • ^ Stephen Hawking helped elevate Canada’s profile in physics community. The Star. Peter Goffin. The Canadian Press. March 14, 2018.
  • ^ "Robert Brandenberger". www.physics.mcgill.ca.
  • ^ Government of Canada, Industry Canada (November 29, 2012). "Canada Research Chairs". www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca.
  • ^ "Robert Brandenberger | Perimeter Institute". www.perimeterinstitute.ca.
  • ^ Inflation (cosmology)#cite ref-95
  • ^ "E. E. Just Program | Home". Dartmouth.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  • ^ "Researchers @ Brown". vivo.brown.edu.
  • ^ Phone: 514-398-7698, Contact Information Contact: Allison Flynn Organization: Media Relations Office Email: allison j flynnmcgill ca Office. "McGill physicist awarded Killam Research Fellowship". Channels.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • ^ "CAP Medal Press Release - 2011 CRM". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  • ^ "APS Fellow Archive". APS. Retrieved 17 September 2020.

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