Laura Mersini-Houghton | |
|---|---|
 Mersini-Houghton in 2016 | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | Albanian, American |
| Alma mater | Tirana University University of Maryland University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
| Known for | Multiverse, Origin of the Universe theory, Hawking radiation theory |
| Spouse | Jeff Houghton |
| Children | 1 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | cosmology and theoretical physics |
| Institutions | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Doctoral advisor | Leonard Parker |
Laura Mersini-Houghton (née Mersini) is an Albanian-American cosmologist and theoretical physicist, and professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a proponent of the multiverse hypothesis and the author of a theory for the origin of the universe that holds that our universe is one of many selected by quantum gravitational dynamics of matter and energy.[1][2][3][4] She argues that anomalies in the current structure of the universe are best explained as the gravitational tug exerted by other universes.[5][6]
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