Simon Catterall

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Simon Catterall
Born1964 (age 5960)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of Oxford (AB and D. Phil.)
Scientific career
Fields Particle physics
Lattice field theory
Lattice gauge theory
Institutions Syracuse University
University of Oxford
Thesis Numerical Studies of Field Theories on Random Lattices  (1988)
Doctoral advisor John Wheater
Website smcatter.expressions.syr.edu

Simon Marcus Catterall (born 1964) is an American physicist at Syracuse University. [1] His research involves High Energy Theory, particularly Lattice field theory. [2] [3]

He was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2016 for For numerous important contributions to computational physics and Lattice field theory through studies of gravity, technicolor, and especially the lattice formulation of supersymmetric field theories. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Simon Catterall". College of Arts & Sciences at Syracuse University. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. Catterall, Simon; Hubisz, Jay; Balachandran, Aiyalam; Schechter, Joe (5 January 2013). "Elementary Particle Physics at Syracuse. Final Report". Syracuse Univ., NY (United States): 14. doi:10.2172/1095082. OSTI   1095082 . Retrieved 25 February 2021.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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