Elise Crull

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Elise Marie Crull (born 1982) [1] is an associate professor of physics at the City College of New York. She lists her research interests as the philosophy of physics, history of science, metaphysics, and the relationship between science and religion. [2] Her work has focused on the use of quantum decoherence to explain philosophical puzzles in physics.

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Education and career

Crull majored in physics at Calvin University, where she received a bachelor's degree in 2005. She continued her studies as a philosophy student at the University of Notre Dame, where she received a master's degree in 2008 and completed her Ph.D. in 2011. Her doctoral dissertation, Quantum Decoherence and Interlevel Relations, was directed by Don Howard. [3]

After postdoctoral research at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland from 2011 to 2013, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 2013 to 2014, she became an assistant professor of philosophy at the City College of New York in 2014. She was promoted to full professor in 2021.

Books

Crull is coauthor, with Guido Bacciagaluppi, of the book The Einstein Paradox: The Debate on Nonlocality and Incompleteness in 1935. [4] She is co-editor, with Guido Bacciagaluppi, of the book Grete Hermann: Between Physics and Philosophy, on German mathematician and philosopher Grete Hermann. [5]

Recognition

Crull was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2025, after a nomination from the APS Forum on the History and Philosophy of Physics, "for outstanding historical research, including the expansion of the historical record pertaining to the EPR paradox and revealing new commentary between 1927 and 1935, especially the contributions of Grete Hermann, and for leadership of the Women in the History of Quantum Physics working group". [6]

References

  1. "Crull, Elise M. (Elise Marie), 1982-", Czech National Authority Database, retrieved 2025-12-10
  2. "Elise Crull", Profiles, City College of New York, retrieved 2025-12-10
  3. Curriculum vitae (PDF), CUNY Graduate Center, September 2022, retrieved 2025-12-10
  4. The Einstein Paradox: The Debate on Nonlocality and Incompleteness in 1935 (Cambridge University Press, 2024, doi : 10.1017/9781139028493, ISBN   9781139028493)
  5. Grete Hermann: Between Physics and Philosophy (Dordrecht: Springer, 2016, ISBN   9789402409703). Review:
    • Michael Drieschner (2020), Journal for General Philosophy of Science, JSTOR   45378829
    • Brigitte Falkenburg (2021), "Grete Hermann’s Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics: A Late Appraisal", HOPOS, doi : 10.1086/712935
    • Andrea Reichenberger (2020), The Mathematical Intelligencer, doi : 10.1007/s00283-020-09978-w
  6. "Fellows nominated in 2025 by the Forum on the History and Philosophy of Physics", APS Fellows archive, American Physical Society, retrieved 2025-12-10