David Lowe
Associate Professor:
Physics
Phone: +1 401 863 2618
David_Lowe@Brown.EDU
Prof. Lowe's research primarily centers around applications of string theory to gravitational physics, including using string theory to understand questions in black holes physics and cosmology
Biography
Professor Lowe joined the Brown faculty in 1997. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Cambridge University and Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Princeton University in 1993. He has done postdoctoral research at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and was a Senior Research Fellow at the California Institute of Technology. He is a recipient of a Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Award, a BSF research grant, and a NSF travel award. In recent years he has had visiting research positions at U. Tokyo, Max Planck Institute (Potsdam), CINVESTAV (Mexico City), KITP (Santa Barbara) and the Aspen Center for Physics.
Research Description
Research: Theoretical High-Energy Physics: string theory, quantum gravity, quantum field theory, black hole physics.
Degrees
Ph.D.
Honors and Awards
NSF travel award
BSF research grant
Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Award
Senior Research Fellow,California Institute of Technology
Institution
Princeton University
Affiliations
American Physical Society, American Association of Physics Teachers
Funded Research
DOE High Energy Physics grant, NSF travel award, BSF grant, NSF conference grant, Salomon research grant
