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Dr. Stephon
Alexander has asked big questions. How did the space and time that govern our
universe come into being? Intrigued at an early age by quantum theory,
Einstein's theory of relativity, and string theory, he now works to unify them
in his search for a theory of quantum gravity.
Dr. Alexander has
had long personal experience confronting the unknown. At age eight his family
moved from Trinidad to the Bronx in New York City. His childhood was full of
surprises. He learned that you can't always hold on to things, and it taught
him the idea of embracing the unknown. He has coped with unexpected events by
making up theories about why they might be happening.
After earning a
Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Brown University, Alexander completed
postdoctoral work at Imperial College in London and the Stanford Linear
Accelerator Center.
Dr. Stephon
Alexander is an Associate Professor of Physics at Haverford College, focusing
on theoretical cosmology, quantum gravity and particle physics. He is also an
Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Physics at Penn State University. He is on the
Board of Directors for the Network for the Improvement of World Healthare, an
action-driven organization that forges global partnerships to address local
health challenges. He also plays jazz saxophone and sees improvisation as an
extension of his scholarship.
Some of his current
research interests are: the nature of dark energy in the universe, the origin
of matter over anti-matter (baryogenesis) in the universe, the origin of large
scale structure in the universe from fundamental theory.
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