Research Interests

My research focuses on nonperturbative approaches to quantum gravity, in particular string/M theory.  I am currently interested in applications of these ideas to cosmology and the interior of black holes.

• Theoretical Particle Physics 

Career History

• B.A., Harvard University, 1975 
• Ph.D., Cornell University, 1980 
• Faculty, University of Chicago, 1981-89 
• Professor, Rutgers University, 1989-98 
• Professor, Stanford Physics Department, 1998-present
  
• Director, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics, 1998-2008
• Richard Herschel Weiland Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, 2004-present

Honors and Awards

• Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1983 
• NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1985 
• MacArthur Foundation Fellow, 1987 
• Rutgers Society of Physics Students Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1992
  
• Fellow, American Physical Society (2003)
• Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006)
• Dean's Award for Distinguished Achievements in Teaching, 2007