Stephen Barr | |
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Born | Stephen Matthew Barr November 28, 1953 |
Alma mater | Columbia University (BA) Princeton University (PhD) |
Spouse | Kathleen Whitney |
Children | 5 |
Parent(s) | Donald Barr Mary Margaret Ahern |
Relatives | William Barr (brother) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical particle physics and cosmology |
Institutions | University of Delaware |
Thesis | Natural approximate lepton symmetries (1978) |
Doctoral advisor | Anthony Zee |
Website | stephenmbarr |
Stephen Matthew Barr[1] (born November 28, 1953) is an American physicist who is a professor emeritus of physics at the University of Delaware.[2] A member of its Bartol Research Institute, Barr does research in theoretical particle physics and cosmology. In 2011, he was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, the citation reading "for original contributions to grand unified theories, CP violation, and baryogenesis."[3]