Faculty

Jordan Cotler

jcotler@fas.harvard.edu

Assistant Professor of Physics

Howard Georgi

georgi@physics.harvard.edu

Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics; Harvard College Professor

Master of Leverett House

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Howard Georgi has ongoing research programs in several areas of theoretical particle physics. The common elements in these areas are symmetries and quantum field theory. Georgi pioneered the subject of Grand Unified Theories, both without (with Sheldon...

Daniel Jafferis

jafferis@physics.harvard.edu

Professor of Physics

The research of Daniel Jafferis involves string theory, supersymmetric quantum field theory, and quantum gravity. String theory unifies many fundamental questions in theoretical physics, including the search for a complete description of quantum gravity...

Sonia Paban

sppaban@fas.harvard.edu

Senior Lecturer on Physics

Senior Research Scientist in Physics

Sonia Paban is a high-energy theorist currently working on early universe physics. She is interested in understanding the effects of many active fields during inflation. Most recently, she has studied the robustness of inflation to inhomogeneous initial...

Lisa Randall

randall@physics.harvard.edu

Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science

Professor Lisa Randall studies theoretical particle physics and cosmology at Harvard University. Her research connects theoretical insights to puzzles in our current understanding of the properties and interactions of matter. She has developed and studied...

Matthew Reece

mreece@physics.harvard.edu

Professor of Physics

Matthew Reece's research centers around connecting theoretical particle physics with new experimental results. This work proceeds mostly on two fronts. One is building models that attempt to extend the Standard Model of particle physics in ways that...

Matthew Schwartz

schwartz@physics.harvard.edu

Professor of Physics

Matthew Schwartz's research is focused on expanding the boundaries of our current understanding of particle physics. This includes both developing new theoretical techniques for precision calculations and exploring the phenomenological consequences of new...

Andy Strominger

andrew_strominger@harvard.edu

Gwill E. York Professor of Physics

Director, Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature

Using a variety of approaches, Professor Strominger’s research has endeavored to shed light on unsolved problems including the unification of forces and particles, the origin of the universe and the quantum structure of black holes and event horizons. His...

Cumrun Vafa

vafa@physics.harvard.edu

Professor of Physics at Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy

Cumrun Vafa is the Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy in the Physics Department at Harvard University, where he has done research and taught theoretical physics since 1985. Born in Iran in 1960, he moved to the US for higher education...

Xi Yin

xiyin@fas.harvard.edu

Professor of Physics

Xi Yin's research interest lies in the fundamental aspects of string theory, and what string theory can teach us about other fields in physics and mathematics. Xi Yin's research interest lies in the fundamental aspects of string theory, and what string...