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Eva Silverstein
Eva Silverstein
Born	October 24, 1970 (age 53); Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University, (A.B., 1992); Princeton University, (Ph.D, 1996);
Spouse	Shamit Kachru
Awards	MacArthur Fellowship 1999; Sloan Fellowship 1999; Simons Investigator 2017;
	Scientific career
Fields	String theory ; Cosmology
Institutions	Rutgers University; Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics; Stanford University;
Doctoral advisor	Edward Witten

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Eva Silverstein (born October 24, 1970) is an American theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and string theorist. She is a professor of physics at Stanford University and director of the Modern Inflationary Cosmology collaboration within the Simons Foundation Origins of the Universe initiative.^[1]

Life, education, and work

Raised in Spokane, Washington, Silverstein is the daughter of Harry S. and Lorinda Knight Silverstein and graduated from Lewis and Clark High School.^[2]^[3]^[4] Her father is a professor emeritus of philosophy at Washington State University in Pullman.^[5] Silverstein earned her bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard University in 1992 and her doctoral degree from Princeton University four years later.

Silverstein's primary research areas include cosmic inflation, namely the creation of predictive and testable new mechanisms which have enabled systematic understanding of the process and the role of ultraviolet-sensitive qualities in observational cosmology (including string-theoretic versions of large field inflation and novel mechanisms involving inflation interactions); implications of long-range interactions in string theory for black hole physics; and mechanism development for breaking super-symmetry and stabilizing the extra dimensions of string theory.^[6]^[7] In her work on early-universe cosmology, she makes extensive contributions to string theory and gravitational physics. Her early work included control of tachyon condensation in string theory and resulting resolution of some spacetime singularities (with Joseph Polchinski and others). Other significant research contributions include the construction of the first models of dark energy in string theory, some basic extensions of the AdS/CFT correspondence to more realistic field theories (with Shamit Kachru), as well as the discovery of a predictive new mechanism for cosmic inflation involving D-brane dynamics (with David Tong) which helped motivate more systematic analyses of primordial non-Gaussianity.

Silverstein is married to fellow string theorist Shamit Kachru; both were doctoral students of Edward Witten.

Academic appointments

Postdoctoral associate, Rutgers University, 1996–1997
Assistant professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1997–2001
Associate professor, SLAC and Stanford Physics Department, Stanford, 2001–2006
Professor, SLAC and Stanford Physics Department, Stanford, 2006–2016
Professor, Stanford Physics Department, Stanford, 2006–Present
Professor, University of California Physics Department^[8]

Awards and honors

MacArthur Fellow, 1999
DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator, 1999–2001
Sloan Fellowship, 1999–2003
Bergmann Memorial Award, 2000 ^[9]
APS Fellow, 2016 "For fundamental contributions to quantum gravity and early universe cosmology."^[10]
Simons Investigator, 2017^[11]
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) Elected Fellow, 2020^[12]

References

^ "New Initiative Ponders Origins of the Universe | Simons Foundation". www.simonsfoundation.org. July 21, 2017.
^ Vorpahl, Beverly (July 7, 1988). "People". Spokesman-Review. p. S7.
^ "Spokane grad gets genius grant". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. October 7, 1999. p. 3D.
^ "Going for it". Spokane Chronicle. photo. July 3, 1982. p. 1.
^ Shier, Phyllis (2010). "Professor emeritus endows annual fund for best student philosopher". Washington State University. Archived from the original on March 4, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
^ "Eva Silverstein | Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics".
^ "Eva Silverstein | Perimeter Institute". Archived from the original on May 30, 2013.
^ http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/kitpnews/item/?id=60^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Professor E.D. Bergmann Award". Archived from the original on November 25, 2009.
^ "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org.
^ Simons Investigators Awardees, The Simons Foundation
^ "AAAS Fellows Elected" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society.

External links

[1] "New Initiative Ponders Origins of the Universe | Simons Foundation". www.simonsfoundation.org. July 21, 2017.

[trigtest-2] Vorpahl, Beverly (July 7, 1988). "People". Spokesman-Review. p. S7.

[spgrggg-3] "Spokane grad gets genius grant". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. October 7, 1999. p. 3D.

[goforit-4] "Going for it". Spokane Chronicle. photo. July 3, 1982. p. 1.

[peeaf-5] Shier, Phyllis (2010). "Professor emeritus endows annual fund for best student philosopher". Washington State University. Archived from the original on March 4, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2014.

[6] "Eva Silverstein | Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics".

[7] "Eva Silverstein | Perimeter Institute". Archived from the original on May 30, 2013.

[8] ttp://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/kitpnews/item/?id=60^{[permanent dead link]}

[9] "Professor E.D. Bergmann Award". Archived from the original on November 25, 2009.

[10] "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org.

[11] Simons Investigators Awardees, The Simons Foundation

[12] "AAAS Fellows Elected" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society.

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-'''Eva Silverstein''' (born October 24, 1970) is an American [[Physics|physicist]], cosmologist, and [[string theory|string theorist]].  She is best known for her work on early universe cosmology, developing the structure of inflation and its range of signatures, as well as extensive contributions to string theory and gravitational physics.  Her early work included control of [[tachyon condensation]] in string theory and resulting resolution of some spacetime singularities (with Adams, [[Joseph Polchinski|Polchinski]], and others). Other significant research contributions include the construction of the first models of dark energy in string theory, some basic extensions of the [[AdS/CFT]] correspondence to more realistic field theories (with [[Shamit Kachru|Kachru]]), as well as the discovery of a predictive new mechanism for [[cosmic inflation]] involving [[D-brane]] dynamics (with [[David Tong (mathematician)|Tong]] and Alishahiha) which helped motivate more systematic analyses of primordial non-Gaussianity.  Silverstein is a professor of physics at Stanford University and director of the Modern Inflationary Cosmology collaboration within the Simons Foundation Origins of the Universe initiative.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2017/07/21/new-initiative-ponders-origins-of-the-universe/|title=New Initiative Ponders Origins of the Universe {{!}} Simons Foundation|last=|first=|date=2017-07-21|website=www.simonsfoundation.org|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
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+'''Eva Silverstein''' (born October 24, 1970) is an American [[Theoretical Physics|theoretical physicist]], [[Cosmology|cosmologist]], and [[string theory|string theorist]]. She is a professor of physics at [[Stanford University]] and director of the Modern Inflationary Cosmology collaboration within the [[Simons Foundation]] Origins of the Universe initiative.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2017/07/21/new-initiative-ponders-origins-of-the-universe/|title=New Initiative Ponders Origins of the Universe {{!}} Simons Foundation|date=2017-07-21|website=www.simonsfoundation.org|language=en-US}}</ref>
-==Education==
-{{quotation|I first became interested when I learned what physics was some time in high school. I had a very interesting high school physics teacher. I had always enjoyed math and physical science and when I saw the power of physics to explain and predict physical phenomena through simple principles and calculations, I became hooked. I was especially fascinated by special relativity, which starts from a simple physical principle that the speed of light, and in general all laws of nature, are the same in all reference frames, and derives through simple high school algebra amazing consequences such as the fact that time slows down in moving frames. When I realized that one could produce such things full time and actually make a living at it, I never really looked back.|Eva Silverstein, quoted at [http://www.superstringtheory.com/people/evas.html String People]}}
+==Life, education, and work==
-*A.B., Physics, [[Harvard University]], 1992
+Raised in [[Spokane, Washington]], Silverstein is the daughter of Harry S. and Lorinda Knight Silverstein and graduated from [[Lewis and Clark High School]].<ref name="trigtest">{{cite news |last=Vorpahl |first=Beverly |date=July 7, 1988 |title=People |page=S7 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19880707&id=PVtWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5445,3534902}}</ref><ref name="spgrggg">{{cite news |date=October 7, 1999 |title=Spokane grad gets genius grant |page=3D |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=Associated Press |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iVVWAAAAIBAJ&pg=2273%2C1899238}}</ref><ref name="goforit">{{cite news |date=July 3, 1982 |title=Going for it |page=1 |newspaper=Spokane Chronicle |agency=photo |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mgNMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2539%2C672646}}</ref> Her father is a professor emeritus of philosophy at [[Washington State University]] in [[Pullman, Washington|Pullman]].<ref name="peeaf">{{cite web |last=Shier |first=Phyllis |date=2010 |title=Professor emeritus endows annual fund for best student philosopher |url=http://libarts.wsu.edu/nexus/issues/2010/01/silverstein.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304211739/http://libarts.wsu.edu/nexus/issues/2010/01/silverstein.asp |archive-date=March 4, 2015 |access-date=September 25, 2014 |publisher=Washington State University}}</ref> Silverstein earned her bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard University in 1992 and her doctoral degree from Princeton University four years later.
-*Ph.D., Physics, [[Princeton University]], 1996
+Silverstein's primary research areas include [[Inflation (cosmology)|cosmic inflation]], namely the creation of predictive and testable new mechanisms which have enabled systematic understanding of the process and the role of ultraviolet-sensitive qualities in observational cosmology (including string-theoretic versions of large field inflation and novel mechanisms involving inflation interactions); implications of long-range interactions in string theory for black hole physics; and mechanism development for breaking super-symmetry and stabilizing the extra dimensions of string theory.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eva Silverstein &#124; Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics |url=https://sitp.stanford.edu/people/eva-silverstein}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eva Silverstein {{!}} Perimeter Institute |url=http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/people/eva-silverstein |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530161715/http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/people/eva-silverstein |archive-date=2013-05-30}}</ref> In her work on early-universe cosmology, she makes extensive contributions to string theory and gravitational physics.  Her early work included control of [[tachyon condensation]] in string theory and resulting resolution of some spacetime singularities (with [[Joseph Polchinski]] and others). Other significant research contributions include the construction of the first models of dark energy in string theory, some basic extensions of the [[AdS/CFT]] correspondence to more realistic field theories (with [[Shamit Kachru]]), as well as the discovery of a predictive new mechanism for [[cosmic inflation]] involving [[D-brane]] dynamics (with [[David Tong (mathematician)|David Tong]]) which helped motivate more systematic analyses of primordial non-Gaussianity.
-==Professional academic history==
-*Postdoctoral Associate, Rutgers University, 1996–1997
+Silverstein is married to fellow string theorist [[Shamit Kachru]]; both were doctoral students of [[Edward Witten]].
-*Assistant Professor, [[SLAC]], [[Stanford]], 1997–2001
-*Associate Professor, [[SLAC]] and [[Stanford]] Physics Department, Stanford, 2001–2006
+==Academic appointments==
+*Postdoctoral associate, Rutgers University, 1996–1997
+*Assistant professor, [[SLAC]], [[Stanford]], 1997–2001
+*Associate professor, [[SLAC]] and [[Stanford]] Physics Department, Stanford, 2001–2006
 *Professor, [[SLAC]] and [[Stanford]] Physics Department, Stanford, 2006–2016
 *Professor, [[Stanford]] Physics Department, Stanford, 2006–Present
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 ==Awards and honors==
 *[[MacArthur Fellow]], 1999
-*Bergmann Memorial Award, 1999
 *DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator, 1999–2001
 *Sloan Fellowship, 1999–2003
+*Bergmann Memorial Award, 2000 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bsf.org.il/BSFPublic/DefaultPage1.aspx?PageId=311&innerTextID=311|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091125222326/http://www.bsf.org.il/BSFPublic/DefaultPage1.aspx?PageId=311&innerTextID=311|archive-date = 2009-11-25|title = Professor E.D. Bergmann Award}}</ref>
-*APS Fellow, 2016 ``For fundamental contributions to quantum gravity and early universe cosmology."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=2016&unit_id=DGRAV&institution=|title=APS Fellow Archive|last=|first=|date=|website=www.aps.org|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
+*[[American Physical Society|APS]] Fellow, 2016 "For fundamental contributions to quantum gravity and early universe cosmology."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=2016&unit_id=DGRAV&institution=|title=APS Fellow Archive|website=www.aps.org|language=en}}</ref>
-*[[Simons Investigator]], 2017<ref>[https://www.simonsfoundation.org/mathematics-physical-sciences/simons-investigators/simons-investigators-awardees/ Simons Investigators Awardees], The Simons Foundation</ref>
+* [[Simons Investigator]], 2017<ref>[https://www.simonsfoundation.org/mathematics-physical-sciences/simons-investigators/simons-investigators-awardees/ Simons Investigators Awardees], The Simons Foundation</ref>
+* [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences|American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS)]] Elected Fellow, 2020<ref>{{Cite journal|title=AAAS Fellows Elected|url=https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202007/rnoti-p1051.pdf|journal=Notices of the American Mathematical Society}}</ref>
-==Research areas==
-{{Rewrite section|date=April 2018}}
-What are the basic degrees of freedom and interactions underlying gravitational and particle physics? What is the mechanism behind the initial seeds of structure in the universe, and how can we test it using cosmological observations? Is there a holographic framework for cosmology that applies throughout the history of the universe, accounting for the effects of horizons and singularities? What new phenomena arise in quantum field theory in generic conditions such as finite density, temperature, or in time dependent backgrounds?<ref>https://sitp.stanford.edu/people/eva-silverstein</ref>
-==Personal==
-Raised in [[Spokane, Washington]], Silverstein is the daughter of Harry S. and Lorinda Knight Silverstein and graduated from [[Lewis and Clark High School]].<ref name=trigtest>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19880707&id=PVtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ou8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5445,3534902 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |title=People |last=Vorpahl |first=Beverly |date=July 7, 1988 |page=S7}}</ref><ref name=spgrggg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iVVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2273%2C1899238 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=Associated Press |title=Spokane grad gets genius grant |date=October 7, 1999|page=3D }}</ref><ref name=goforit>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mgNMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZvkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2539%2C672646 |newspaper=Spokane Chronicle |agency=photo |title=Going for it |date=July 3, 1982 |page=1 }}</ref> Her father is a professor emeritus of philosophy at [[Washington State University]] in [[Pullman, Washington|Pullman]].<ref name=peeaf>{{cite web |url=http://libarts.wsu.edu/nexus/issues/2010/01/silverstein.asp |publisher=Washington State University |title=Professor emeritus endows annual fund for best student philosopher |last=Shier |first=Phyllis |date=2010 |accessdate=September 25, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304211739/http://libarts.wsu.edu/nexus/issues/2010/01/silverstein.asp |archivedate=March 4, 2015 |df= }}</ref>
-Silverstein is married to fellow string theorist [[Shamit Kachru]]; both were protégés of [[Edward Witten]].
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.stanford.edu/dept/physics/people/faculty/silverstein_eva.html Stanford University: Eva Silverstein]
+*[https://sitp.stanford.edu/people/eva-silverstein Stanford University: Eva Silverstein]
-*[http://google.com/search?q=cache:XV8JeuMoqJYJ:www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/hep/help/cv_example.pdf+%22Eva+Silverstein%22&hl=en List of her papers]
+*[https://sitp.stanford.edu/people/eva-silverstein List of her papers]
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