Gary Shiu
String Theory, Particle Physics, Cosmology
Ph.D 1998, Cornell University
Office: 5289 Chamberlin
Phone: (608) 265-3285
Fax: (608) 263-0800
Email: shiu [at] physics.wisc.edu
Research Interests:
My research program, broadly known as
String Phenomenology, aims at understanding the deep connection between
String Theory, Particle Physics, and Cosmology. In particular, I am
interested in constructing and studying models of particle physics and
cosmology from string theory in order to see what string theory might
tell us about physics in the high energy frontier and the early
universe. My work is supported in part by the US Department of Energy,
the National Science Foundation, and the Research Corporation.
Positions Held
- 2010 - present, Professor, University of Wisconsin at
Madison
- 2006 - 2010, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin at
Madison
- 2002 - 2006, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin at
Madison
- 2000 - 2002, Senior Research Associate, University of
Pennsylvania
- 1998 - 2000, Research Associate, Institute for Theoretical
Physics,
Stony Brook
Selected Awards and Honors
- Kellett Mid-Career Award, University of Wisconsin (2016)
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2015)
- Distinguished Visting Professorship, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2014)
- Johannes Diderik van der Waals Chair, University of Amsterdam (2012)
- Fellow, Institute of Physics, United Kingdom (2012)
- University of Wisconsin Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award (2012)
- Fellow, American Physical Society (2011)
- Fellow, Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study (2009)
- Ambrose Monell Foundation Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2009)
- John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (2008)
- Vilas Associate Award, University of Wisconsin (2008)
- Guest Professorship, KEK, Japan (2007)
- Kavli Frontiers Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (2006)
- Cottrell Scholar Award (2005)
- NSF CAREER Award (2004)
- Research Corporation Innovation Award (2003)
Publications
Selected Recent Lectures:
- Asian Winter School on Strings, Particles and Cosmology, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, January 2016
- "New Trends in High
Energy Physics and QCD" School, International Institute of Physics, Natal, Brazil, October 2014
- IFT Lectures on String Cosmology, Instituto de Fisica Teorica, Madrid, January 2014
- Asian-American Advanced
Study Institute for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, June 2013
- van der Waals Lectures on String Cosmology, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, May 2012
- 4-th Taiwan String Workshop, Hsinchu, Taiwan, December 2011
- Nagoya University Global Center of Excellence Winter School/Workshop on Particle Cosmology, Nagoya, Japan, December 2011
- KITPC Workshop on String Phenomenology and Cosmology, Beijing, China, October 2011
- Strings 2011, Uppsala, Sweden, June 27- July 2, 2011
- Asian Winter School on String Theory, Jeja Island, Korea, January 2011
- Colloquium Ehrenfest, Leiden University, the Netherlands, September 2010
- Summer Institute 2010, "Lectures on String Cosmology", Mount Fuji, Japan, August 2010
- Trieste Spring School on String Theory and Related Topics", ICTP, Trieste, March 2010
- Frontiers of Knowledge Seminar Series, "Introduction to String Cosmology", Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, January 2010
- Steve Goldman Lectures in Mathematical Physics, Orlando, Florida, Novembery 2009
- Distinguished Speaker Series, Young Entrepreneur and Scholar Program, Orlando, Florida, November 2009
- Frontiers of Knowledge Seminar Series: "String Theory and the Quantum Universe", Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, August 2009
- Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics Summer School, Florence, Italy, June 2009
- TASI 2008 Summer School, Boulder, Colorado, June 2008
- Steve Goldman Lectures in Mathematical Physics, Orlando, Florida, April 2008
- Asian Winter School on String Theory, Kusatsu, Japan, January 2008
- Summer School on Particle Physics, Cosmology and Strings, Perimeter Institute, August 2007
- 20-th Taiwan
Spring School on Particles and Fields, National
Taiwan University, Taipei, April 2007
- Distinguished
Lecture, Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology, January 2007
- Kavli
Frontiers of Science Symposium, National Academy of
Sciences, Irvine, CA, November 2006
- String
Phenomenology Conference, Kavli Institute for Theoretical
Physics, Santa Barbara, November 2006
- Summer Intstitute
2006 on Particle Physics and Cosmology, APCTP,
Pohang, Korea, August 2006
- 19-th
Nordic Meeting on "Strings, Fields, and Branes", Uppsala,
Sweden, Nobember 2004
- XI Mexican School of
Particles and Fields, Xalapa, Mexico,
August 2004
News:
Conference Organization:
- Tenth International String Phenomenology Conference, Madison, WI, August 2011
- String Vacuum Project Meeting, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, May 2010
- Cosmo 08 Conference, Madison, WI, August 2008
- Great Lake Strings Conference, Madison, WI, April 2008
- Winter Workshop on String Theory, Center of Mathematical Science, Hangzhou, China, December 2005
- LHC Olympics, CERN, Geneva, July 2005
- Workshop on String Phenomenology, Perimeter Institute, March-April 2005
Teaching:
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Gary Shiu
February 1, 2007