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John Joseph Carrasco

Associate Professor

PhD, University of California Los Angeles , 2010

Professor Carrasco is a theorist with broad interests in fundamental physics, from prediction-oriented understanding of quantum field theories, including perturbative quantum gravity, to open phenomenological questions in precision cosmology and gravitational wave science. 

The goal is deep physical insight, with a joy in developing and leveraging -- for mutual benefit -- domain expertise in scattering amplitudes, relativity, particle physics, string theory, and cosmology.

 

Honors and Awards

  • AT&T Research Fellow (2021-2023).
  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (2020-2022).
  • Laureate of European Research Commission (ERC) Starting Grant (2014), Horizon 2020.
  • Invited Member,  School of Natural Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2015-2016).
  • John F. Templeton Grant, Co-leader with Renata Kallosh, Quantum Gravity Frontiers (2012-2015).
  • Julian S. Schwinger Named Diploma, Erice International School of Subnuclear Physics (2011).
  • Best Theoretical Physics Prize, Erice International School of Subnuclear Physics (2011).
  • Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics, Postdoctoral Fellowship (2010-2013).
  • Guy Weyl Physics Alumni Graduate Fellowship (2007-2010).
  • John S. Bell Named Diploma, Erice International School of Subnuclear Physics (2008).
  • Best Question Prize, Erice International School of Subnuclear Physics (2008).