Nima Arkani-Hamed
Professor
School of Natural Sciences

One of the leading particle physics phenomenologists of his generation, Nima Arkani-Hamed's work is concerned with the relation between theory and experiment.  His research has shown how the extreme weakness of gravity, relative to other forces of nature, might be explained by the existence of extra dimensions of space, and how the structure of comparatively low-energy physics is constrained within the context of string theory.  He has taken a lead in proposing new physical theories that can be tested at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland, which is scheduled to start up in May 2008.

Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1997; Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1999, Associate Professor, 2001; Visiting Professor, Harvard University, 2001, Professor, 2002-07; Short-Term Visitor, Institute for Advanced Study, 2004, 2006, 2007, Faculty, 2008-; Gribov Medal, European Physical Society, 2003; Sloan Fellowship, 2000; Packard Fellowship, 2000.