Biography:Matthew Headrick

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Matthew Peter Headrick
BornAbout 1973
Alma materHarvard University
Princeton University[1]
UCLS[2]
AwardsIntel (then Westinghouse) Science Talent Search[2]
NSF-GRF
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi[3]
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist[4]
InstitutionsBrandeis University[4]
Stanford University
MIT
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Harvard University
Peace Corps[3]
ThesisNoncommutative solitons and closed string tachyons[5] (2002)
Doctoral advisorShiraz Minwalla[5]
Other academic advisorsJ. Richard Gott[3]
Websitewww.brandeis.edu/departments/physics/people/faculty/headrick.html

Matthew Peter Headrick (born ca. 1973[6]) is Associate Professor of Physics at Brandeis University.[3][1][4] He received his PhD from Harvard University in 2002 under Shiraz Minwalla and his A.B from Princeton University in 1994.[1] He is known for his contributions to the quantum information perspective on holography.

Headrick is notable as the 1990 winner of the Intel (then Westinghouse) Science Talent Search while a high school student at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, an event that generated intense media coverage.[2][7] Headrick appeared on talk shows including Today.[6][8] In response to the award, then-Illinois Gov. Thompson declared a "Matthew Headrick Day"[6][9] and the US House of Representatives also made a proclamation.[6]

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See also

  • List of University of Chicago Laboratory Schools people

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