Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics
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The Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics (MCFP) is a research institute at the University of Maryland, College Park focused on theoretical physics.
Established2007
Fieldof research
GravityParticle physics
Theoretical physics
| Established | 2007 |
|---|---|
Field of research | Gravity Particle physics Theoretical physics |
| Director | Raman Sundrum |
| Affiliations | University of Maryland, College Park |
The MCFP was founded in 2007 and is currently directed by Raman Sundrum.[1][2] It is a subdivision of the Department of Physics as well as the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland.[3] It houses research in theoretical elementary particle physics, gravitation, and quarks.[4]
Members
Members currently include 13 full-time faculty, as well as many postdocs, graduate students, and visitors. Present and past faculty include:[5][6]
- Alessandra Buonanno, gravitational wave physicist
- Sylvester James Gates, string theorist, recipient of National Medal of Science[1][7]
- Oscar Greenberg, known for color charge
- Ted Jacobson, gravitational physicist
- Xiangdong Ji, former director of MCTP, nuclear physicist, recipient of Herman Feshbach Prize[8]
- Charles Misner, known for his book on gravitation, recipient of Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
- Rabindra Mohapatra, theoretical particle physicist
- Jogesh Pati, particle physicist, recipient of Dirac Medal
- Raman Sundrum, director, known for Randall–Sundrum models
- Aron Wall, winner of 2019 New Horizons Prize in physics.[9]