Matthew Headrick

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

Matthew Peter Headrick (born ca. 1973 [6] ) is an American physicist who is an Associate Professor of Physics at Brandeis University. [3] [1] [4] He received his PhD from Harvard University in 2002 under Shiraz Minwalla and his A.B from Princeton University in 1994. [1] Headrick is known for his contributions to the quantum information perspective on holography.

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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. [2] [7] He appeared on talk shows including Today . [6] [8] In response to the award, then-Illinois Gov. Thompson declared a "Matthew Headrick Day" [6] [9] and the US House of Representatives also made a proclamation. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Official Site".
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Official Bio" (PDF).
  4. 1 2 3 "Brandeis University".
  5. 1 2 Headrick, Matthew Peter (2002). 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. ↑ "All Students Need State-of-the-art Science Education". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  8. ↑ Gumbel, Bryant (March 7, 1990). "Westinghouse Science Project Winners Discuss Their Project (audiovisual file)". NBC News Today Show. Today New York Studio. Archived from the original on 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  9. ↑ "Illinois Register". Mocavo. November 9, 1990. p. 106. Retrieved 2015-10-29.

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