Janna Levin
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Janna J. Levin (born 1967) is an American theoretical cosmologist and a professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in astronomy and physics with a concentration in philosophy at Barnard College in 1988 and a PhD in theoretical physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993.[1] Much of her work deals with looking for evidence to support the proposal that our universe might be finite in size due to its having a nontrivial topology.[2] Other work includes black holes and chaos theory. She joined the faculty at Barnard College in January 2004 and is currently the Claire Tow Professor of Physics and Astronomy.
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Born | 1967 (age 56ā57) Texas, U.S. |
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Known for | A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellow 2012 |
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Institutions | Barnard College |
Thesis | MAD Gravity and the Early Universe: a Possible New Resolution to the Horizon and Monopole Problems (1993) |
Doctoral advisor | Katherine Freese |