Matthew Headrick

Matthew Peter Headrick
Born About 1973
Fields Physicist[1]
Institutions Brandeis University[1]
Stanford University
MIT
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Harvard University
Peace Corps[2]
Alma mater Harvard University
Princeton University[3]
UCLS[4]
Thesis Noncommutative solitons and closed string tachyons[5] (2002)
Doctoral advisor Shiraz Minwalla[5]
Other academic advisors J. Richard Gott[2]
Notable awards Intel (then Westinghouse) Science Talent Search[4]
NSF-GRF
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi[2]
Website
www.brandeis.edu/departments/physics/people/faculty/headrick.html

Matthew Peter Headrick (born ca. 1973[6]) is Associate Professor of Physics at Brandeis University.[2][3][1] He received his PhD from Harvard University in 2002 under Shiraz Minwalla and his A.B from Princeton University in 1994.[3] His publications are highly cited, and he has a high h-index.[7]

Headrick is notable as the 1990 winner of the Intel (then Westinghouse) Science Talent Search while a high school student at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, an event that generated intense media coverage.[4][8] Headrick appeared on talk shows including Today.[6][9] In response to the award, then-Illinois Gov. Thompson declared a "Matthew Headrick Day"[6][10] and the US House of Representatives also made a proclamation.[6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Brandeis University".
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Official Bio" (PDF).
  3. 1 2 3 "Official Site".
  4. 1 2 3 "EDUCATION; From Nitrogen Fixation To a $20,000 Scholarship". The New York Times. 1990-03-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  5. 1 2 Noncommutative solitons and closed string tachyons. OCLC 57603361.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Students Hail The Conquering Scientist". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  7. "Matthew Headrick publications on ResearchGate".
  8. "All Students Need State-of-the-art Science Education". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  9. Gumbel, Bryant (March 7, 1990). "Westinghouse Science Project Winners Discuss Their Project (audiovisual file)". NBC News Today Show. Today New York Studio. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  10. "Illinois Register, 14: Issue 45 - November 9, 1990, Volume 14, Page 106 | Document Viewer". Mocavo. Retrieved 2015-10-29.

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