Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski
Personal Information
Born: 1993
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Education
MIT BS Physics 2010; Harvard University PhD Physics 2019; Princeton University Joint Postdoc Fellow 2019-2022
Professional Life
Field of Study: Physics
Institution/Corporation: Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; CERN; NASA; Boeing Phantom Works
Degrees & Memberships: Member Genius 100 (2015)
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2011 Inaugural MIT Freshman Entrepreneur Award; 2015, named to Forbes 30 Under 30 All Star List; 2011, Illinois Aviation Trade Association Industry Achievement Award; 2012, Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Young Researcher; 2013, MIT Physicws Dept Orloff Scholarship Award; 2015, Hertz foundation Fellowship; 2016, Marie Claire Young Women Honors Recipient; The Genius; 2018, Albert Einstein Foundation Genius 100 Visions Project; 2018, Discovery Canada's International Women's Day Honoree; 2012, named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Science List; 2019, IMSA Distinguished Leadership Award, Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy; 2018, named InStyle Badass Woman, Time Inc.' 2016, Physics Rising Star Award, MIT; 2016, Young Women's Honors Genius Award; 2015, NSF Fellowship; 2013, European Physical Society High Energy & Particle Physics Prize, MIT-CMS
Achievements: Studies Black Holes, space time, & gravity through the context of quantum mechanics; promotes Let Girls Learn initiative; age 14 built & flew a single engine plane; 2021 founded Celestial Holography Initiative at Perimeter Institute; 2005 founded Sabrina aircraft Manufacturing
At age 14, built & flew a single engine plane
2021, founder of Celestial Holography Initiative
2005, founded Sabrina Aircraft Manufacturing
Studies high energy physics
As a graduate student discovered the "spin memory effect" which may be used to detect or verify the net effects of gravitational waves
Is a promoter of the Let Girls Learn initiative
Her work was cited in 2 papers co-authored by Stephen Hawking