Sean Carroll

Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics,
California Institute of Technology

seancarrollatgmaildotcom


I am a Senior Research Associate in Physics at Caltech. My research interests include theoretical aspects of cosmology, field theory, and gravitation. The goal is to learn about fundamental physics by studying the structure and evolution of the universe. For more depth, see my research page, my CV, or grab my papers from Spires. For more frivolity, read our blog, Cosmic Variance.

I have profile pages on Facebook and LinkedIn. Not sure why, apart from a vague feeling that a modern internet-savvy person should be part of the social-networking revolution. Hell, I even have del.icio.us and YouTube accounts. That's just how I roll.

In the picture on the upper right I'm joined by my lovely wife Jennifer. That photo was taken in Downtown LA by my Mom; the monochromatic one on the front page is by Ken Weingart.

Stuffy Official Bio

Sean Carroll is a Senior Research Associate in Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in 1993 from Harvard University, and has previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT and at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as well as on the faculty at the University of Chicago. His research ranges over a number of topics in theoretical physics, focusing on cosmology, field theory, particle physics, and gravitation. He is currently studying the nature of dark matter and dark energy, connections between cosmology, quantum gravity, and string theory, and whether the early universe underwent a period of inflationary expansion. Carroll has written a graduate textbook, Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity, published by Addison-Wesley, and recorded a set of introductory lectures on cosmology for the Teaching Company. He has been awarded fellowships from the Sloan and Packard foundations, as well as the MIT Graduate Student Council Teaching Award and the Villanova University Arts and Sciences Alumni Medallion. Carroll is a contributor to the blog Cosmic Variance.

Papers

Here are some representative research papers:

Writings of other sorts are helpfully collected under writings.

My worldline: Until Fall 2006 I was on the faculty of the Physics Department and Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago. Before that I was a postdoc at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California in Santa Barbara, and a postdoc at the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT, a graduate student at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and an undergraduate at the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Villanova University.

To figure out where I might be, check my schedule under activities.

Department of Physics, Caltech 452-48
1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125
Office: 626/395-6830, Fax: 626/568-8473
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with Von Freeman at the New Apartment Lounge in Chicago, photo by Maria

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