CURRICULUM VITAE:  Lawrence M. Krauss

 

   Born:                                             May 27, 1954; New York City

 

   Citizenship:                                    U.S.A. , Canada

 

   Married:                                       January 19, 1980 to Katherine Anne Kelley

 

   Children:                                       Lillian, born Nov. 23, 1984

 

   Current Address and Position:      

Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics, Professor of Astronomy, and Director, Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics,

Case Western Reserve University

                                                         10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland OH 44106-7079

 

                                                         Research office: 216-368 4070 (4257 sec, 5422 fax)

                                                         Email; krauss@cwru.edu

                                                                       

   Education

 

   B.Sc.                                              First Class Honours, Mathematics and Physics

                                                         Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1977

 

   Ph.D.                                             Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

                                                         Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982

  

   Honorary Degrees:

  

   D.Sc.                                             Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 2003.

  

   Employment: Teaching and Research (since 1982)

 

1982-1985                                    Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, and Physics Dept., Harvard University

1985-88                                        Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Yale University                                   

1985-86                                       Visiting Scientist, Boston University, and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

1986-89                                        Visiting Scientist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

1986-1993                                   Joint Appointment, Department of Physics, and Astronomy, Yale University

1987-95                                        Associate of the Department of Physics, Harvard University

1988-1993                                   Associate Professor, Departments of Physics and Astronomy, Yale University

1993-                                           Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics and Professor of Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University.

1993-2005                                      Chairman, Department of Physics, Case Western                                                   Reserve University

2005                                              Director, Office of Science, Public Policy, and Bio-Entrepreneurship, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

2002-                                            Director, Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics

2006-7                                          Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt University

2008-                                            Foundation Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration and Physics Dept, and Director, Origins Initiative, Arizona State University

 

  Visiting Research Positions:                     

                                                         CERN associate- 1983

Institute for Theoretical Physics Santa Barbara- 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989,1992, 2002,2003

                                                         Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory- 1984-88

                                                         University of Chicago, 1989.

                                                         Institute for Nuclear Theory, Seattle 1994

Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 1995, 1996, 1998

                                                         Scientific Associate, CERN 1996-97

                                                         Institute des Hautes Etudes Scientifique 1997-98

                                                         Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge University 1999

                                                         Perimeter Institute 2003

Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor, Origins Institute, McMaster University, 2005

                                                         Member, Institute for Advanced Study, 2005.

                                                         Visiting Professor, University of Zurich, 2008

 

Other Positions:

                                                      Commentator:  Marketplace, All Things Considered

                                                      Columnist, Nature Physics, 2005-6

                                                      Columnist, New Scientist Magazine, 2007-

 

 

   Major Awards:

 

   1984                                              First Prize Award, Gravity Research Foundation

   1986                                              Presidential Young Investigator Award

                                 1997                                                       Glover Award for Distinction in Physics Achievement and Physics Education, Dickenson College, PA.

2000                                              Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology, American Association for the Advancement of Science.   Citation: For global impact as a science communicator and the ability to maintain an active science career while writing several books about physics for the general public.

2001                                              Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society.   Citation: For outstanding contributions to the understanding of the early universe, and extraordinary achievement in communicating the essence of physical science to the general public.

2001                                              Andrew R. Gemant Award, American Institute of Physics.  Citation: To Professor Lawrence Krauss for excellence in the interpretation of physics to the public through numerous newspaper and magazine articles, books, lectures, and television productions.  Krauss is especially commended for his communication of sound scientific literacy through timely opinion pieces and books, and for his efforts to address incorrect popular interpretations of science disseminated in the mass media. 

2002                                                                     American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award for Atom, An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth and Beyond

2003                                                                     Humanism Award, Free Inquirers of Northeast Ohio

2004                                                                     Oersted Medal, American Association of Physics Teachers.

2004                                              Northern Ohio Live Award of Achievement: Science and Technology

2005                                              Joseph A. Burton Forum Award, American Physical Society, Citation: For major contributions in defending science in the schools through his efforts in combating the opponents of teaching evolution, and for continuing to enhance the public understanding of contemporary physics

 

   Other Honors (since 1977):

 

   1977                                              Senate Graduating Medal- Carleton University

   1977-1981                                    N.R.C. Postgraduate Scholarship

   1982-1985                                   Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows

   1982-83                                        N.S.E.R.C.Fellowship

   1988                                              Junior Faculty Fellowship,Yale Unversity

   1988                                              Senior Faculty Fellowship, Yale University

   1988                                              Nesbitt Lecturer, Carleton University

   1989                                              Gravity Research Foundation Prize Award

   1990                                              Named Sigma-Xi National Lecturer (1991-92)

   1990                                              Named to "International Leaders in Achievement"

   1991                                              Gravity Research Foundation Prize Award

   1993                                              Named to Ambrose Swasey Chair in Physics

   1995                                              Gravity Research Foundation Prize Award

   1996                                              Innaugural Distinguish Scientist Lecturer for Young People--Ohio Aerospace Institute

1996                                              Innaugural Distinguished Physics Lecturer, University of Minnesota

1996                                              Ohio Achievement Award Selection, Northern Ohio Live Magazine

1997                                              Hays Lecturer, Oberlin College

   1997                                              Great Poets League of Cleveland Honoree 1997

   1998                                              Cleveland Magazine, 50 Most Interesting People of the Year Award

   1997-8                                         University School-Seelbach Visiting Chair

   1998                                              American Physical Society Centennial Lecturer

   1998                                              Henry Steel Lecturer, Mid America Orthopedic Assn.

   1998                                              Commencement Speaker, Hiram College

   1998                                              13th Annual Frank G. and Jean M. Chesley Lectureship, Carleton College

   1998                                              Herzfeld Lecturer, Catholic University

1999                                                                     Fellow, American Physical Society

1999-                                            Board of Directors, Physics Entrepeneurship Program.

   1999                                              Gravity Research Foundation Prize Award

   1999                                              Moti Lal Rustgi Memorial Lecturer, SUNY Buffalo

   1999                                              Hendrik de Waard Foundation Lecturer, Groningen, Netherlands

   2000                                              Maurer Memorial Lecturer, University of Arkansas

   2000                                              Vanden Miles Lecturer, Wayne State Uinversity

   2000                                              Kallen Lecturer, University of Lund, Sweden.

   2000                                              Benedum Lecturer, University of West Virginia

   2000                                              Great Minds Lecturer, Illinois Math and Science Academy, Aurora IL

   2000                                              Soloist, Holst, The Planets, with The Cleveland Orchestra

   2001                                              Rochester Lecturer, University of Durham, UK

   2001                                              Isaac Asimov Memorial Panelist, American Museum of Natural History, NY

   2001                                              Rorschach Lecturer, Rice University

   2001                                              Shell Lecturer, National Assoc. of Science Teachers

   2001                                              Invited Witness, U.S. House Committee on Science, Session on the Future of Space Exploration

   2001                                              Malstrom Lecturer, Hamline University, Minnesota

   2001                                              Morgan Lecturer, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth Texas

2001                                              Timothy J. OLeary Distinguished Scientist Lecturer, Gonzaga University

2001                                              Presidential Inauguration Keynote Speaker Clark University

2001                                                         Campbell Lecturer, Society of Pediatric Urology

2001                                              Ernest Orlando Lawrence Centenary Lecturer, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

   2001                                                         Fermi Centennial Lecturer, Fermilab

   2001                                              Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

   2002                                              Knight Fellow, Western Reserve Academy

   2002                                              Friedman Lecturer, Penn State University

   2002                                              Milton Lecturer, Syracuse University

   2002                                              ChancellorŐs Lecturer, Vanderbilt University

   2002                                              Fellow, Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal

2003                                                                     Waynick Lecturer, Penn State University

2003                                                                     Donald Ross Hamilton Lecturer, Princeton University

2003                                                                     Woods Lecturer, Westminster College, PA

2003                                                                     New Frontiers in Information Sciences Distinguished Lecturer, Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome NY

2003                                                                     Commencement Speaker, Carleton University

2003                                                         Five Colleges Lecturer, U Mass. Amherst

2003                                                         William Mahoney Lecturer, U. Mass Amherst

2003                                                         Presidential Lecturer, Clark University

2004                                                         Joe Barnhart Lecturer, Coastal Bend College, TX

2004                                              Constance Wilson Distinguished Lecturer, Berry College, GA

2004                                              Maurice and Yetta Glicksman Commencement Lecturer, Brown University

2004                                              Likover Lecturer, American Civil Liberties Union.

2004                                              Samuel Newton Taylor Lecturer, Goucher College

2005                                              Hooker Professor and Lecturer, McMaster University

2005                                              Rudin Distinguished Scholar Lecturer, Marymount College

2005                                              First Annual Mel Oakes Distinguished Undergraduate Lecturer, UT. Austin

2005                                              World Year of Physics Lecturer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

2005                                              Benson Lecturer, Miami University

2005                                              IBM Yorktown Heights Visions Lecturer

2005                                              NASA Huntsville, World Year of Physics Lecturer

2005                                              Sigma Pi Sigma Lecturer, Wright State University

2005                                              Crump Lecturer, St. Andrews School

2005                                              Presidential Lecturer, University of Tulsa

2005                                              IBM Lecturer, Wittenberg University

2005                                              World Year of Physics Lecturer, Severance Hall

2006                                              Michigan State Science TeacherŐs Distinguished Lecturer

2007-8                                          Phi Beta Kappa National Visiting Scholar

2006-                                            Board of Sponsors, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

2006                                              Terry Lectureship, Science and Religion, Yale University

2007                                              Distinguished Scientist Lecture, Brookhaven National Laboratory

2007                                              Concordia University Distinguished Scientist Lecturer

2007                                              Gravity Research Foundation Prize Award

2007                                              Michelson Centenary Lecturer, US Naval Academy.

2007                                              Inaugural Beyond Institute Lecturer, Arizona State University

2008                                              Centennial Lecturer, University of Arkansas

2008                                              Bradley Lecturer, American Enterprise Institute

2008                                              2008 Michigan State University Distinguished Lecturer

 

   Positions, Offices and Memberships,etc (since 1977):

 

   1977                                              Board of Directors, Canadian Assoc. of Physicists

   1981-83, 89-                                 Member (Life), American Physical Society

   1983                                              APS Forum on Physics and Society Awards Cmte.

   1985-87                                       Yale University Course of Study Committee 

   1987                                              Convenor, Lewes Center Summer Meeting on Cryogenic Detection Neutrinos and Dark Matter

   1988-91                                       Sigma Xi-Committee on Lectureships

   1988-                                           Co-organizer, Yale Workshop on Cosmic Strings

   1988                                              Convenor- Cosmology and Astrophysics, APS Particles and Fields Conference 1988

1989                                              Program Committee, International Conference on Particles and Nuclei

1989                                              Co-organizer, Yale Workshop on the Cosmic Microwave Background

1989                                              Member, Panel on Particles of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee

1992                                              Co-organizer, Texas Meeting on Baryon NumberViolation at the Weak Scale.

1992                                              Director,Association of Yale Alumni Program: The Legacy of Newton

1992                                              Co-organizer, Aspen Workshop on Gravitational Lensing in Cosmology.

1992                                              Organizing committee, Colliding Beam Conference, Yale University Oct 2-3 1992

1992-                                           Program Committee Member, Moriond meetings on Electroweak Interactions,

1993                                              Organizer,Case Meeting on New Physics at New Facilities,Oct 15-17 1993

1994                                              Organizer,CWRU Workshop: CMB Two Years after COBE, April 22-24, 1994

1994-                                           Executive Committee, Board of Trustees, Friends, Cleveland School for the Arts

1995                                              Organizer, Aspen Center for Physics Workshop on Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

1995                                              Member Exhibits Committee, Great Lakes Science Center Board of Trustees

   1995-                                           Member, American Astronomical Society

   1995-1998                                    Member, Faculty Senate of Case Western Reserve University

   1995-                                            Board of Trustees, Great Lakes Science Center

   1995-1997                                    Organizing Committee, International Conference on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter

   1995-                                           Member, New York Academy of Sciences

   1995-                                           Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science

1997                                              Organizing Committee, Early Universe Physics, England 1997

1997-2000                                   Executive Committee , Division of Astrophysics, American Physical Society

   1997-98                                                    InfoWorld Futures Project Advisory Board

   1997-                                           Odyssey Magazine, Advisory Board

   1997-                                           Review Panel, M.I.T. Curriculum on Science and Communication

1998                                              Organizing Committee, Sheffield International Workshop on Dark Matter Detection

1997-98                                       Search Committee, Vice-President for Research, Case Western Reserve University.

   1998-                                           General Member, Board, Aspen Center for Physics

   1998-2000                                   Editor, Modern Physics Letter A

   1998-2000                                   Editor, Int. Journal of Modern Physics

   1998-                                           Chair, Exhibits Committee, Great Lakes Science Center Board of Trustees

   1998-                                           Executive Commitee , Great Lakes Science Center

                                                         Board of Trustees

1999-                                            Organizing Committee, International Conference on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter

1999                                              Co-Organizer, Aspen Workshop on the Cosmological Constant

   1999-                                           Fellow, American Physical Society.

   1999-2000                                   Organizing Committee, DPF 2000 meeting

   1999-2000                                    Co-Organizer, Aspen Workshop on Dark Matter.

   2000-2001                                   CWRU, University Stakeholders Committee

   2000-2002                                   American Physical Society,Panel on Public Affairs.

   2000                                              International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Dark Matter Detection. 

2001                                              Advisory Committee, Physics Potential of Supernova Neutrino Detection Meeting, UCLA Feb 2001

   2001-                                            Board of Advisors, The Skeptics Society

   2001                                              Convenor, Frontiers of Physics Meeting, Vanderbilt Tenn, March 2001

   2001                                              Chair, Pagels Lecture Committee, Aspen Center for Physics.

   2002                                              International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Dark Matter Detection. 

   2002                                                         Board of Directors, Ohio Citizens for Science

   2002                                                         Member, HEPAP Public Outreach Panel

   2002-                                            Trustee, Board of Trustees, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

   2002                                              Chair, PresidentŐs Commission on Graduate Education and Research, CWRU

   2002-                                            Fellow, Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal 

   2002                                              Coordinator, Teachers Conference on Cosmology, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara  

2003-2006                                                       Gemant Award Committee, AIP.

2003-                                            Board of Advisors, and Guidance Committee, Science Fiction Experience, Seattle Washington

2003                                                                     Grand Judging Co-Chair, Physics, Intel Science and Engineering International Science Fair

2003                                                                     Aspen Center for Physics Colloquium Chair.

2003                                                                     Scientific Advisory Committee, SciPartŐ03

2003                                                                     Lilienfeld Prize Committee, APS

2003-                                            Board of Directors, TalkingScience

2003-                                            Board of Directors, Faststart LLC

2003-                                            Board of Directors, Faststart Foundation

2005                                                                     Gemant Prize Committee, AIP

2004-                                                                   Commentator, American Public MediaŐs Marketplace

2004-5                                          Scientific Program Planning Committee, West Quad, Case Western Reserve University Medical School

2004-                                            ACLU Board of Trustees, Cleveland    

2004-5                                          Chair, Advisory Committee on Research Computing, Information Technology Services, CWRU

2004-5                                          Strategic Planning Review Coordinator, Department of  Chemistry, CWRU. 

2004                                              Aspen Institute, Executive Seminar

2004                                              NSF Physics Education Grant Review Panelist

2004-5                                          Aspen Center for Physics, Public Lecture Committee  

2005                                              Jury Member, Sundance Film Festival

2005                                              Elected, Chair-Elect, APS Forum on Physics and Society

2005-                                            Board of Advisors, Defcon(Defense of the Constitution).org

2005                                              APS Burton and Szilard Award Committee

2005-                                            Commentator, NPRŐs All Things Considered

2006-                                            Chair-Elect, Physics Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science

2006                                              International Advisory Board, International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics

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