People

Mark Hertzberg

Office: Room 304A, 574 Boston Ave.
Email: mark.hertzberg (at tufts.edu)

Research Interests

My primary research is in physics at the interface between theoretical cosmology and particle physics, including astrophysics and aspects of quantum field theory. By studying the extreme conditions of the very early universe, as well as the properties of the late universe's dark constituents, and analyzing the results of various ground based experiments, we can gain insights into the fundamental laws of nature. This acts as the driving force behind much of my research, although I sometimes investigate other interesting subjects.

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Ken Olum

Office: Room 304B, 574 Boston Ave.
Phone: 617-627-2753
Email: kdo (at cosmos.phy.tufts.edu)

I am a research professor in the Institute of Cosmology at Tufts University. I study cosmic strings, cosmic rays, energy conditions in general relativity, and the anthropic principle in cosmology. You can see a picture of loop production by a cosmic string network. I also have movies of a cosmic string cusp simulation and a sinusoidal wave or a still picture of a cusp simulation.

In 1997, I received my PhD in the Center for Theoretical Physics, which is part of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science and the Physics Department at MIT. My thesis was in the problem of information radiated from black holes.

My curriculum vitae is online in PostScript, or PDF.

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Larry Ford (emeritus)

Office: 304D, 574 Boston Ave
Phone: 617-627-5356 
Email: ford (at cosmos.phy.tufts.edu)

Research Interests

My research involves both general relativity and quantum theory. At the present I am involved in several projects concerned with quantum fluctuations and gravitation. These include studies of the quantum fluctuations of the spacetime lightcone, fluctuations of quantum stress tensors, various aspects of the Casimir and Aharonov-Bohm effects, and negative energy densities in quantum field theory.

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Alex Vilenkin (emeritus)

Office: Room 304C, 574 Boston Avenue 
Phone: 617-627-3147 
Email: vilenkin (at cosmos.phy.tufts.edu)

Research Interests

Cosmic inflation, dark energy, cosmic strings and monopoles, quantum cosmology, high-energy cosmic rays, the multiverse, and anthropic selection.

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Daniel Jiménez Aguilar

Email: Daniel.Jimenez_Aguilar (at tufts.edu)

Research Interests

My research interests lie in the fields of theoretical cosmology and general relativity. In particular, I am intrigued by cosmic inflation, bouncing cosmology, topological defects, black holes, modified gravity and dark energy, and also by the possibility of describing the early and late expansion epochs of the universe in a unified picture. Currently, my investigations focus on the dynamics of cosmic strings and domain walls, as well as on the problem of initial conditions for inflation.

Oleksandr Stashko

Delia Schwartz-Perlov

Email: dperlov (at cosmos.phy.tufts.edu)