Lisa Randall

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Lisa Randall is a prominent American theoretical physicist known for her influential work on particle physics, extra dimensions, and cosmology.

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instanceOf person
physicist
university professor
awardReceived Klopp Lecture Prize
MacArthur Fellowship
Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics
countryOfResidence United States of America
degree PhD in theoretical particle physics
doctoralAdvisor Howard Georgi
educatedAt Harvard University
employer Harvard University
familyName Randall
fieldOfWork cosmology
extra dimensions
particle physics
string theory
theoretical physics
gender female
genre popular science
givenName Lisa
hasWrittenAbout relationship between science and public policy
role of risk and uncertainty in science
influenced models of extra dimensions in particle physics
research on brane-world scenarios
influencedBy developments in string theory
knownFor Randall–Sundrum model
popular science books on physics and cosmology
work on extra dimensions of space
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
name Lisa Randall
nationality United States of America
notableWork “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe”
“Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World”
“Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions”
occupation professor of physics
placeOfWork Cambridge, Massachusetts
positionHeld Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University
researchInterest cosmological implications of particle physics
dark matter
large extra dimensions
warped geometries in higher-dimensional spacetime
workInstitution Harvard University

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