Bruce Allen
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Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics is a Max Planck Institute whose research is aimed at investigating Einstein’s theory of relativity and beyond: Mathematics, quantum gravity, astrophysical relativity, and gravitational wave astronomy...
in Hannover Germany
Germany
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and leader of the Einstein@Home
Einstein@Home
Einstein@Home is a volunteer distributed computing project hosted by the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics . The project is directed by Bruce Allen...
project for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration
LIGO Scientific Collaboration
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration is a collaboration by numerous physics institutes and research groups dedicated to the search for gravitational waves using the detectors LIGO and GEO 600...
. He is also a physics professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
He has done research work on models of the very early universe (inflationary cosmology, cosmic strings). Allen currently leads a research group working on the detection of gravitational waves. Allen's research work has been funded by the US National Science Foundation since 1987.
Education/Positions
- 1980 B.S. in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
(advisor: Rainer WeissRainer WeissRainer Weiss is professor of physics emeritus at MIT.- Early life and education :Weiss was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1932. Fleeing political unrest, his family moved first to Prague, in late 1932, and then to the United States, in 1938; his youth was spent in New York City, where he attended...
) - 1984 PhDPHDPHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
. in GravitationGravitationGravitation, or gravity, is a natural phenomenon by which physical bodies attract with a force proportional to their mass. Gravitation is most familiar as the agent that gives weight to objects with mass and causes them to fall to the ground when dropped...
and CosmologyCosmologyCosmology is the discipline that deals with the nature of the Universe as a whole. Cosmologists seek to understand the origin, evolution, structure, and ultimate fate of the Universe at large, as well as the natural laws that keep it in order...
, University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, England (advisor: Stephen HawkingStephen HawkingStephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity...
) - 1983-1985 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Santa Barbara (Physics Department)
- 1985-1986 Postdoctoral Fellow, Tufts University (Physics Department)
- 1986-1987 Chercheur Associé, Observatoire de Paris - MeudonMeudonMeudon is a municipality in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is in the département of Hauts-de-Seine. It is located from the center of Paris.-Geography:...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... - 1987-1989 Research Assistant Professor, Tufts UniversityTufts UniversityTufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
- 1989-1992 Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- 1992-1997 Associate Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- 1997-2007 Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- 2007-present Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- 2007-present Director, Department of Observational Relativity and Cosmology, Albert Einstein Institute, Hannover, Germany
- 2008-present Honorary Professor of Physics, University of Hanover
Visiting Appointments
- 1994 Six months, Isaac NewtonIsaac NewtonSir Isaac Newton PRS was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived."...
Mathematical Institute, Cambridge, England - 1995 Six months, Caltech Relativity Group
- 1997 One year, Caltech LIGO Project
- 1999 Six months, Caltech LIGO Project
- 2000-2005 Few months/year, Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam, Germany
Awards
- 1980 Phi Beta Kappa, MIT
- 1980-5 NSF Graduate Fellowship (declined)
- 1980-2 Churchill Scholarship (declined)
- 1980-2 Marshall Scholar, University of Cambridge
- 1981 Knight Prize, University of Cambridge
- 1990 First Prize, Gravity Research FoundationGravity Research FoundationThe Gravity Research Foundation, established in 1948 by businessman Roger Babson , was an organization designed to find ways to implement gravitational shielding...
- 1997 University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Graduate School Research Award
- 2002-3 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award, Alexander von Humboldt FoundationAlexander von Humboldt FoundationThe Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is a foundation set-up by the government of the Federal Republic and funded by the German Foreign Office, the Ministry of Education and Research, the Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and others for the promotion of international co-operation...
- 2004 Elected Fellow, Institute of Physics (UK)
- 2005 Elected Fellow, American Physical SocietyAmerican Physical SocietyThe American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
External links
- Bruce Allen faculty page at University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Bruce Allen's page at the Albert Einstein Institute