Leonardo Senatore (physicist)

Leonardo Senatore is an Italian theoretical physicist and professor at the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics, the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, and SLAC. He was recently appointed professor at ETH Zurich.[1]

Leonardo Senatore
Alma materScuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (2003)
MIT (PhD, 2006)
AwardsNew Horizons Prize (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsCosmology
InstitutionsHarvard
Institute for Advanced Study
Stanford
SLAC
ETH Zurich
Doctoral advisorNima Arkani-Hamed
Alan Guth

Biography

Senatore initially studied aerospace engineering, before earning a Laurea in Theoretical Physics from the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa in 2003.[2] He continued his studies at the MIT Center for Theoretical Physics, earning a Ph.D. in 2006 under the supervision of Nima Arkani-Hamed and Alan Guth.[3] He then held joint postdoctoral positions at Harvard and the Institute for Advanced Study.[4][5]

Senatore's research focuses on theoretical cosmology.[6] Some of his contributions have included work applying effective field theory techniques to cosmology, theoretical insights regarding inflation, and his studies of large-scale structure in the universe.[1] He has also worked on analysis of data from experiments like WMAP, which studied the cosmic microwave background, and connections of string theory to cosmology.[4]

Senatore won an Early Career Award from the U.S. Department of Energy in 2012 for his work, as well as a New Horizons in Physics Prize in 2016 "for outstanding contributions to theoretical cosmology."[7][8]

Honors

References
  1. "Two new physics professors appointed". www.phys.ethz.ch. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  2. "Leonardo Senatore | Institute for Theoretical Physics". sitp.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  3. "Physics Tree - Leonardo Senatore". academictree.org. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  4. "Leonardo Senatore - Scholars | Institute for Advanced Study". www.ias.edu. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  5. Senatore, Leonardo. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF).
  6. "INSPIRE". inspirehep.net. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  7. "Breakthrough Prize – Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize Laureates – Leonardo Senatore". breakthroughprize.org. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  8. Carey, Bjorn (2015-11-08). "Three Stanford professors honored by Breakthrough Prize Foundation". Stanford University. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
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