- Source: Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics
The Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics (MCFP) is a research institute at the University of Maryland, College Park focused on theoretical physics.
About
The MCFP was founded in 2007 and is currently directed by Raman Sundrum. It is a subdivision of the Department of Physics as well as the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland. It houses research in theoretical elementary particle physics, gravitation, and quarks.
Members
Members currently include 13 full-time faculty, as well as many postdocs, graduate students, and visitors. Present and past faculty include:
Alessandra Buonanno, gravitational wave physicist
Sylvester James Gates, string theorist, recipient of National Medal of Science
Oscar Greenberg, known for color charge
Ted Jacobson, gravitational physicist
Xiangdong Ji, former director of MCTP, nuclear physicist, recipient of Herman Feshbach Prize
Charles Misner, known for his book on gravitation, recipient of Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
Rabindra Mohapatra, theoretical particle physicist
Jogesh Pati, particle physicist, recipient of Dirac Medal
Raman Sundrum, director, known for Randall–Sundrum models
Aron Wall, winner of 2019 New Horizons Prize in physics.
See also
Institute for Theoretical Physics (disambiguation)
Center for Theoretical Physics (disambiguation)
References
External links
Official website