The Princeton Center for Theoretical Science is a new, University-funded enterprise dedicated to exploring frontiers across the theoretical natural sciences. Its purpose is to promote interaction among theorists and seed new directions in research, especially in areas cutting across traditional disciplinary boundaries.
The Center will be home to a corps of Center Postdoctoral Fellows, chosen from nominations made by senior theoretical scientists around the world. The first class of three Fellows took up residence in Fall 2006. A group of senior Center Faculty, chosen from science departments across the campus, are responsible for guiding Center activities, which include focused topical programs involving Visiting Fellows from inside and outside the university. To house these activities, the University is constructing a dedicated facility in Jadwin Hall, home of the Physics Department, and located a few hundred feet from the departments of Biology, Geology, Chemistry, and Astrophysical Sciences, as well as the Lewis-Sigler Center for Integrative Genomics. The Center hopes to become a focus for innovation and cross-fertilization in theory for all these departments.
Center Faculty:
Curtis Callan, Director
Paul Steinhardt, Associate Director
Ravindra Bhatt
William Bialek
Igor Klebanov
Shivaji Sondhi
David Spergel
Salvatore Torquato
Center Posdoctoral Fellows:
Bogdan Andrei Bernevig 2006-2009
Thomas Klose 2007-2010
Jean-luc Lehners 2007-2010
Meera Parish 2006-2009
Antonello Scardicchio 2006-2009
Branson Stephens 2007-2010
Aleksandra Walczak 2007-2010