Lisa Randall
Personal Information
Born: 1962
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
Harvard University BA Physics 1983 PhD Theoretical Particle Physics 1987
Professional Life
Field of Study: Theoretical Particle Physics; Cosmology
Institution/Corporation: Harvard University; MIT; Princeton University; Lawrence Berkeley Lab; UC Berkeley
Degrees & Memberships: Honorary Degrees: Brown University (2011) Duke University (2011) Bard College (2010) University of Antwerp (2006) Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (2019); Member: National Academy of Sciences (2008) American Philosophical Society (2010) American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2004) Fellow American Physical Society (2003) Honorary Member Royal Irish Academy (2009) Honorary Fellow British Institute of Physics Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (2018) Fellow Institute of Physics (IOP) London (2016) Phi Beta Kappa (1983) European Academy of Sciences & Arts (2012)
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences; 1992-95 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship; 1992-95 NSF Young Investigator Award; 1992-95 DOE Outstanding JR Investigator Award; 1980 Westinghouse Science Talent Award; 2003 Premia Caterina Tomassoni e Felicia Pietro Chisesi Award University of Rome; 2006 Klopsteg Award American Society of Physics Teachers; 2007 Julius Lilienfeld Prize American Physical Society; 2012 Andrew Gemant Award American Institute of Physics; 2007 100 Most Influential People Time Magazine; 2019 Oskar Klein Medal Stockholm University; 2019 Fundamental Physics from Astronomy & Cosmology Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation; H.S.Chau Postdoctoral Support Award H.S. Chau Foundation; 2018 J.J. Sakurai Prize American Physical Society; 2018 CARMIN Fellowship Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifique; 2018 Christensen Visiting Professorship St. Catherine's College; 2017 Simons Fellowship in Theoretical Physics; 2017 Blouin Foundation Award; 2017 Harvard Humanist Lifetime Achievement Award; 2016 Julius Wess Prize Karlsbruhr Institute of Technology; 2015 The Walker Prize Boston Museum of Science; 2012 National Award of Nuclear Science & History; 2010 Erna Hamburger Prize; 2009 Radcliffe Fellowship Award; 2009 Honorary Citizenship Padova Italy; 2009 Benjamin Franklin Creativity Laureate Award; 2008 Golden Plate Award American Academy of Achievement; 2007 Elizabeth A. Wood Award American Crystallographic Association; 1984 Graduate Research Fellowship for Women Bell Labs; 1983 David J. Robbins Prize Harvard University; 1982 John Harvard Scholarship Harvard; 1981 Radcliffe Scholar
Achievements: wrote the libretto for Hypermusic: A Projective Opera in Seven Planes an opera based on her physics works; has co-curated an art exhibit; author of 4 books
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