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Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI, Perimeter, PITP) is an independent research centre in foundational theoretical physics located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1999. [1] The institute's founding and major benefactor is Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist Mike Lazaridis. [2]
Kevin Joseph Costello FRS is an Irish mathematician, since 2014 the Krembil Foundation's William Rowan Hamilton chair of theoretical physics at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. [ 1 ] [ 3 ]
Gregory held this post until her appointment as Head of Department of Physics and Professor of Theoretical Physics at King's College London in 2021. [1] She is a visiting fellow at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics where she lectures as part of the PSI's master's programme. [3] [4]
In 2019, Myers was appointed Director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. [1] [2] where he holds the BMO Financial Group Isaac Newton Chair in Theoretical Physics. [3] He served as Perimeter Institute's Faculty Chair from 2011 to 2018. He is also an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Waterloo. [4]
Robert W. Spekkens is a Canadian theoretical quantum physicist working in the fields of quantum foundations and quantum information. [1] [2] [3]He is known for his work on epistemic view of quantum states (in particular the Spekkens toy model), [4] [5] [6] quantum contextuality, [7] [8] [9] quantum resource theories [10] [11] and quantum causality.
Bianca Dittrich (born 1977) is a German theoretical physicist known for her contributions to loop quantum gravity and the spin foam approach to quantum gravity.She has been a faculty member at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada since 2012.
The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics has been awarding an annual prize in Brodie's memory to celebrate independence and creativity in theoretical research. [3] The first recipient of the John Brodie Prize was the quantum researcher Mohammad H. Ansari in 2006.
From 2004 to 2007 he was a post-doctoral researcher at Harvard University, and then from 2007 to 2011 at the Institute for Advanced Study. Since 2011 he has been working at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario.