Matthew Headrick

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

Matthew Peter Headrick (born ca. 1973[6]) is an American physicist who is an Associate Professor of Physics at Brandeis University.[2][5][3] He received his PhD from Harvard University in 2002 under Shiraz Minwalla and his A.B from Princeton University in 1994.[5] 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.[1][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]

  1. ^ a b c "EDUCATION; From Nitrogen Fixation To a $20,000 Scholarship". The New York Times. 1990-03-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  2. ^ a b c d "Official Bio" (PDF).
  3. ^ a b c "Brandeis University".
  4. ^ a b Headrick, Matthew Peter (2002). Noncommutative solitons and closed string tachyons. OCLC 57603361.
  5. ^ a b c "Official Site".
  6. ^ a b c d "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. Today New York Studio. Archived from the original on 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  9. ^ "Illinois Register". Mocavo. November 9, 1990. p. 106. Retrieved 2015-10-29.