Leading USA physicist to visit UQ

The most cited theoretical physicist over the past five years in the USA will give a free public lecture at The University of Queensland on Friday August 19.

Harvard University Professor in Physics Lisa Randall will explore whether an invisible universe, only a tiny fraction of an inch apart in another dimension, could explain phenomena that we see in our world today.

Professor Randall’s speciality is particle physics, in particular the consequences of "extra dimensions", and her groundbreaking work is changing the way scientists think about and research the universe.

Her talk is entitled Warped Passages: Unravelling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions and will take place in Room 222, Parnell (Physics) Building, St Lucia Campus at 4pm. Light refreshments will be served at 5pm.

Prior to joining Harvard, Professor Randall was a professor at both MIT and Princeton University. She is also the winner of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship and a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award.

Her new book Warped Passages: Unravelling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions was published in June.

Professor Randall’s talk is one of the activities being held by the School of Physical Sciences for the 2005 World Year of Physics, an international celebration of the discoveries made by Albert Einstein 100 years ago.

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Media: For further information, contact Acting Head of the School of Physical Sciences Professor Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop (halina@physics.uq.edu.au) or Lynda Flower (07 3346 9935, l.flower@uq.edu.au).