Nima Arkani-Hamed

At-a-Glance

Professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey (since 2008)
Director of the Carl P. Feinberg Cross-Disciplinary Program in Innovation at the Institute for Advanced Study
Director of The Center for Future High Energy Physics (CFHEP) in Beijing, China
Developed the paradigm of large extra dimensions with Savas Dimopoulos and Gia Dvali
Earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley (1997)
Graduated from the University of Toronto with a joint honours degree in mathematics and physics (1993)

Biography

Nima Arkani-Hamed is an Iranian-American-Canadian theoretical physicist specializing in high-energy physics, quantum field theory, string theory, cosmology, and collider physics. He is a permanent faculty member in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, a position he has held since 2008. Additionally, Arkani-Hamed serves as director of the Carl P.