Matthew Peter Headrick
Birth dateAbout 1973
Thesis year2002
Doctoral advisorShiraz Minwalla[1]
Academic advisorsJ. Richard Gott[2]
Alma materHarvard University
Princeton University[3]
UCLS[4]
WorkplacesBrandeis University[5]
Stanford University
MIT
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Harvard University
Peace Corps[2]
FieldPhysicist[5]
Websitewww.brandeis.edu/departments/physics/people/faculty/headrick.html
Awards

Matthew Peter Headrick (born ca. 1973[6]) is an American physicist who is an Associate Professor of Physics at Brandeis University.[2][3][5] He received his PhD from Harvard University in 2002 under Shiraz Minwalla and his A.B from Princeton University in 1994.[3] Headrick 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.[4][7] He 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]

Selected publications

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References

  1. ^ Headrick, Matthew Peter (2002). Noncommutative solitons and closed string tachyons. OCLC 57603361
  2. ^ "Official Bio"
  3. ^ "Official Site"
  4. ^ "EDUCATION; From Nitrogen Fixation To a $20,000 Scholarship". The New York Times. 1990-03-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  5. ^ "Brandeis University"
  6. ^ "Students Hail The Conquering Scientist". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  7. ^ "All Students Need State-of-the-art Science Education". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  8. ^ Gumbel, Bryant (March 7, 1990). "Westinghouse Science Project Winners Discuss Their Project (audiovisual file)". NBC News Today Show. Archived 2016-01-05 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  9. ^ "Illinois Register". Mocavo. Vol. 14, no. 45. November 9, 1990. p. 106. Archived 5 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-10-29.

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