Peter Shawhan is an American physicist. He is currently professor of physics at the University of Maryland and was a co-recipient of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, the Gruber Prize in Cosmology, and the Bruno Rossi Prize for his work on LIGO.
Peter Shawhan | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis University of Chicago |
| Awards | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016) Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2016) Bruno Rossi Prize (2017) Princess of Asturias Award for Scientific and Technical Research (2017) Fellow, American Physical Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics Gravitational waves |
| Institutions | Caltech University of Maryland, College Park |
| Doctoral advisor | Bruce Winstein |
Biography edit
Shawhan received his bachelor's degree in physics in 1990 summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis, where he was an Arthur Holly Compton Fellow in the Physical Sciences and Mathematics. He was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Chicago, where he received his Ph.D. in 1999 under the supervision of Bruce Winstein.[1] He was then a Millikan Prize Postdoctoral Fellow and a senior scientist at Caltech before becoming professor of physics at the University of Maryland, College Park.[2]
He works on LIGO and is chair of the division of gravitational physics of the American Physical Society.[3][4][5]
Awards edit
- Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016)[6][7]
- Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2016)
- Bruno Rossi Prize (2017)
- Princess of Asturias Award for Scientific and Technical Research[5]
- Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize, University of Maryland (2018)[8]
- Fellow, American Physical Society (2019)[9]
References edit
- ^ "NASAPeople". nasapeople.nasa.gov. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ Shawhan, Peter. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). University of Maryland, College Park.
- ^ Rummler, Troy (27 June 2017). "The rise of LIGO's space-studying super-team". symmetry magazine. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ Melendez, Steven (2017-10-04). "How 3 Senior Physicists Crowdsourced Their Way To A Nobel Prize". Fast Company. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ a b "Peter Shawhan Honored by USM Board of Regents - UMD Physics". umdphysics.umd.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ "Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Awarded for Detection of Gravitational Waves - UMD Physics". www.umdphysics.umd.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ "Breakthrough Prize – Special Breakthrough Prize In Fundamental Physics Awarded For Detection Of Gravitational Waves 100 Years After Albert Einstein Predicted Their Existence". breakthroughprize.org. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ zying (2018-09-13). "Physics Professor Peter Shawhan Awarded 2018 Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize". College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ "Alum Peter Shawhan Elected APS Fellow". Department of Physics. 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2019-12-28.