Research Interests

• Theoretical Particle Physics
• Cosmology
  

Peter Graham began his appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics in September 2010.  Graham's interests span the fields of theoretical particle physics, astrophysics, general relativity, cosmology, and atomic physics.  He has worked on developing theories beyond the standard model of particle physics and inventing novel methods to search experimentally for new fundamental physics.  He has made important contributions to theoretical physics, including the invention of probes of fundamental physics using atom interferometry, exploration of the effects of unification of the fundamental forces on astrophysics and cosmology, and more recently, identification of potential observational signatures of whether our three-dimensional universe originated from a lower-dimensional vacuum.  We anticipate that his broad interests will allow him to make unique contributions to both the theoretical and experimental physics programs at Stanford and beyond.

After completing his undergraduate work at Harvard, Graham received his PhD from Stanford in 2007.  He was a postdoctoral research associate for one year with the particle theory group at SLAC and then took a postdoctoral position with the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics in the Physics Department.