John Joseph Carrasco
Associate Professor
PhD, University of California Los Angeles , 2010
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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).