Matthew Peter Headrick | |
|---|---|
| Born | About 1973 |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Princeton University[5] UCLS[1] |
| Awards | Intel (then Westinghouse) Science Talent Search[1] NSF-GRF Phi Beta Kappa Sigma Xi[2] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist[3] |
| Institutions | Brandeis 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 advisor | Shiraz Minwalla[4] |
| Other academic advisors | J. Richard Gott[2] |
| Website | www |
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]