Lisa Randall

Created by Jennifer Armbruster GTID- jarmbruster3

Note: I chose Lisa Randall because I wanted to research a female physicists who is in Academia as I aspire to work in Academia as well.

Personal Background

Lisa Randall was born on June 18, 1962 in Queens, New York. Randall earned her A.B. and her Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University. After graduating from Harvard, Randall began her career in Academia with professorships at both MIT and Princeton University. Randall was the first woman to earn tenure in the Princeton Physics Department and the first female theoretical physicists to earn tenure in the Harvard Physics Department.

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Fun Fact

Lisa Randall has a sister who is just as brilliant as she is, Dana Randall. Dana Randall is a professor of theoretical computer science here at Georgia Tech. She is also the Director of the Algorithms and Randomness Center and the ADVANCE Professor of Computing. Needless to say, the Randall sisters are both notable female scientists in their respected fields.

References

https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/randall http://people.math.gatech.edu/~randall/