Martin Bojowald (born 18 February 1973 in
Jülich) is a German
physicist
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Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...
who now works on the faculty of the
Penn State Physics Department, where he is a member of the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos. Prior to joining Penn State he spent several years at the
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) is a Max Planck Institute whose research is aimed at investigating Einstein's theory of relativity and beyond: Mathematics, quantum gravity, astrophysical relativity, a ...
in
Potsdam
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,
Germany
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. He works on
loop quantum gravity and
physical cosmology
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and is credited with establishing the sub-field of
loop quantum cosmology
Loop quantum cosmology (LQC) is a finite, symmetry-reduced model of loop quantum gravity ( LQG) that predicts a "quantum bridge" between contracting and expanding cosmological branches.
The distinguishing feature of LQC is the prominent role play ...
.
Positions
* Presently: Professor of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos
* January 2006 - June 2009: Assistant Professor of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos
* September 2003 - December 2005: Junior Staff Scientist, Albert-Einstein-Institut
* September 2000 - August 2003: Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry, The Pennsylvania State University
Education
* June 2000: PhD at
RWTH Aachen
RWTH Aachen University (), also known as North Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Technical University of Aachen, University of Aachen, or ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hoch ...
in Germany (with distinction), supervisor: Prof. Hans A. Kastrup
* July 1998 - August 2000: Fellow of the
DFG-Graduate College "Strong and electroweak interactions at high energies"
* June 1998: Diploma, RWTH Aachen (with distinction), supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hans A. Kastrup
* April 1995 - June 1998: Fellow of the
German Merit Foundation
* October 1993 - June 2000: RWTH Aachen
Prizes and awards
* Faculty Scholar Medal in the Physical Sciences 2011, Penn State University
* Teaching Award 2009, Penn State Society of Physics Students
*
NSF CAREER AWARD 2008: "Effective Descriptions in Cosmology"
* Xanthopoulos Prize 2007 of the
International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation The International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG) is a learned society established in 1971 with the goal to promote research on general relativity (GR) and gravitation. To that end, it encourages communication between relativi ...
* Selected for a portrait in
''Nature'', January 2005
* First Award,
Gravity Research Foundation
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Essay Competition, 2003
See also
*
List of loop quantum gravity researchers {{Short description, none
This is a list researchers in the physics field of loop quantum gravity who have Wikipedia articles.
* Abhay Ashtekar, Pennsylvania State University, United States
* John Baez, University of California, Riverside, United ...
*
Big Bounce
*
Abhay Ashtekar
References
External links
Loop Quantum Cosmology Later edition of the above articleAbsence of Singularity in Loop Quantum CosmologyPublicationsat
ArXiv
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an interview published in Natureby Charles Q. Choi. Article on
Space.com
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using Bojowald as authority. July 1, 2007. Retrieved July 2, 2007.
German relativity theorists
Loop quantum gravity researchers
German cosmologists
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
1973 births
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