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Past Member

Katrin Becker

Funding provided by the National Science Foundation

Affiliation

Natural Sciences

Field of Study

String Theory, Particle Physics, Cosmology
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Katrin Becker’s recent research focuses on describing the spacetime actions arising from string- and M-theory compactifications. The goal of her work is to describe the complete set of spacetime fields and interactions while at the same time keeping supersymmetry manifest. This is achieved by working directly in superspace.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Natural Sciences
Fall
Member
School of Natural Sciences

Degrees

University of Bonn
Ph.D.
1994

Honors

2017
Bush Excellence Award for Faculty in International Research (Texas A&M University)
2005
Radcliffe Fellowship
2003
Alfred Sloan Research Fellowship (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation)

Appointments

Texas A&M University
2005
Professor
University of Utah
2002–2005
Assistant Professor
Caltech
1997–2002
Senior Research Fellow