Stanley Deser

Stanley Deser
Born(1931-03-19)March 19, 1931
Równe, Poland (now Rivne, Ukraine)
DiedApril 21, 2023(2023-04-21) (aged 92)
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materHarvard University (Ph.D)
Known forADM formalism
Boulware–Deser ghost
Quantum gravity
Pure 4D N = 1 supergravity
Conformal anomaly
2+1 dimensional gravities and Chern–Simons quantum field theory
Partially massless systems in anti-de Sitter space
AwardsEinstein Medal, Dannie Heineman Prize, Guggenheim Fellow,[1] Fulbright Fellow, Fellow of the American Physical Society, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Italy
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsCalifornia Institute of Technology, Brandeis University
Doctoral advisorJulian Seymour Schwinger
Notable studentsLee Smolin

Stanley Deser (March 19, 1931 – April 21, 2023) was an American physicist known for his contributions to general relativity. He was an emeritus Ancell Professor of Physics at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts and a senior research associate at California Institute of Technology.