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From the Chair Help and Cooperation of Our Dean (Martin Mos- Reach F A L L 0 0 6 There have been a number development of astrophysics. To this end, LCO’s of exciting developments founder Wayne Rosing has been appointed here in recent months. One of Senior Fellow in Astrophysics and Engineering, these is related to mathemat- and LCO Scientific Director Tim Brown has been ics, the language of physics. appointed as Adjunct Professor in the Physics Because math provides the Department. We anticipate a great deal of fruit- common reference point for ful collaboration between LCO scientists and all of physics (it is no accident our own astrophysics faculty and students. More that Isaac Newton invented information on Wayne Rosing and Tim Brown both calculus and the laws can also be found on page 2. of mechanics), we have Our astrophysics effort has been growing in had a long-standing goal of other ways as well. A substantial donation building a deeper and stronger connection from the TABASGO Foundation has enabled us with the Department of Mathematics here at to offer the TABASGO Prize Postdoctoral and UCSB. Towards this end, the Math and Physics Graduate Fellowships in Astrophysics at UCSB. Departments initiated a joint search for a faculty These fellowships will enable us to compete member who could effectively bridge the gap more effectively for the top young scientists in between the disciplines of pure mathematics this exciting branch of physics. and theoretical physics. Our search achieved a major milestone when two of the world’s lead- All of us in the Department are grateful for the ing mathematical physicists, David Morrison of generosity shown to us by our many donors; Duke University and Sergei Gukov of Caltech, see page 9 for a list of those in the past year. both expressed serious interest. Alas, we had We are honored to receive these endorsements only one available position! Fortunately, with the of our efforts in education, research, and out- From the Chair help and cooperation of our Dean (Martin Mos- reach. We are fully aware that there are many kovits, the Worster Dean of Science), we were noble causes that are deserving of your sup- able to make offers to both of these outstanding port, and thank all those who chose to include scientists. We were enormously pleased when us among these. both accepted. More details on David Morrison We look forward to another year of growth and and Sergei Gukov can be found on page 2. change. We are proud of our accomplishments Another important development has been a to date, and hope to continue to be able to new partnership with Las Cumbres Observa- make meaningful contributions to the ongoing tory. LCO is a private nonprofit organization, development of science in general and physics headquartered in Goleta, that is building two in particular. worldwide networks of telescopes, one for sci- entific research and one for education; more details can be found in “Spotlight” on page 6. The presence of this new scientific endeavor, Mark Srednicki next door to UCSB, presents us with a great Department Chair opportunity for the synergistic growth and UCSB Physics Faculty News Appointments ] Tim Brown has joined the UCSB David Morrison also holds a joint Physics Department as an Adjunct position with Mathematics and Phys- Professor. He is an internationally ics. He received his PhD at Harvard recognized astronomer whose work University in 1980, and comes to focuses on making high preci- UCSB from Duke University where sion astrophysical instruments. Tech- he was the James B. Duke Profes- niques he has employed include sor of Mathematics and Physics. He astrometry (to measure the solar dia- is an unusually gifted and success- meter), interferometry (to measure acoustic waves in the ful mathematician with interests in algebraic geometry. He sun), and photometry (to measure the transits of extra- has extended his mathematical work to theoretical physics, solar planets). specifically string theory. Professor Morrison is already cel- ebrated for his work, and his recent honors include a Clay Professor Brown received a PhD in astrophysics from the Scholarship and a Guggenheim Scholarship. He has served University of Colorado in 1977. His research career began in in numerous professional and university service capacities solar physics, where he had substantial and lasting impact including the executive Committee of the Council of the on the field. His instrument, the Fourier Tachometer, led American Mathematical Society, and the Advisory Council to the first measurements of the internal rotation profile of of Princeton University’s Mathematics Department. the sun as a function of depth and latitude. It was also the precursor to the Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) of Doppler analyzers that later allowed for significantly improved measurements. The current focus of Professor Brown’s research is the discovery and study of planets in solar systems other than our own. Wayne Rosing has been appointed as a Senior Fellow in Astrophysics and Engineering at UCSB. Mr. Rosing has long been inter- ested in astronomy as an avocation; Sergei Gukov holds a joint position in that context he has experience with the Departments of Mathemat- with many types of instrumentation, ics and Physics. He received his PhD including optical systems design, in physics from Princeton Univer- control software, precision mechanical fabrication, and sity in 2001. His current research the construction of robotic telescopes and their associ- lies at the interface between math- ated control and computer systems. He is the director of ematics and string theory, and his the Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO), a worldwide network appointment will provide a strong of remotely operable two-meter telescopes that will carry and beneficial bridge between the two departments. He out observations of transient objects, as well as monitor for has already made several seminal research contributions changes in known stars. LCO is based in Santa Barbara and in M-theory, matrix models, supersymmetric gauge theory, is collaborating with UCSB regarding scientific and educa- topological strings and knot theory, among other areas. tional cooperation, especially with the Physics Department His career is also highlighted by numerous awards and (see article, page 6). Prior to arriving in Santa Barbara, Mr. honors, including the John Hertz Merit Fellowship, the Rosing had an illustrious career in the computer industry, I. Ya. Pomeranchuk Award for Young Scientists, and the playing key roles in technology development at Apple, highly competitive Clay Mathematics Institute Long-Term Sun, and most recently Google. Prize Fellowship, which he currently holds. Faculty News [ Awards & Honors David Awschalom was elected as a ies confirming the Big Bang theory of how the universe 2006 Fellow to the American Acad- was born. emy of Arts and Sciences. Professor COBE was built at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Awschalom was among 175 new Fel- in Greenbelt, Maryland, and launched in 1989. The instru- lows and 20 new Foreign Honorary ments on board the explorer made studies of the spectrum Members elected to the Academy this and spatial structure of the relic radiation from the Big year. Founded in 1780, the American Bang and enabled the scientific team to look back over 13 Academy of Arts and Sciences is an billion years to the early universe. independent policy research center that conducts multidis- ciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The The $250,000 Gruber Cosmology Prize is awarded in part- Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic nership with the International Astronomical Union (IAU). disciplines, the arts, business and public affairs. The shared 2006 prize was presented at the IAU’s 2006 General Assembly in Prague. In February 2006, Professor Awschalom (with his col- leagues YK Kato, RC Myers, and Art Gossard) was awarded the Newcomb Cleveland Prize by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), for their paper Joseph Polchinski, together with “Observation of the Spin Hall Effect in Semiconductors.” Juan Maldacena of Princeton’s Insti- tute for Advanced Study, has been awarded the 2007 Dannie Heineman Steven Giddings was a recipient Prize for “profound developments of an award from the Foundational in mathematical physics that have Questions Institute (FQXi) for his illuminated interconnections and work in Observation And Non-Local- launched major research areas in ity In Quantum Gravitational Physics. quantum field theory, string theory, and gravity”. The mission of the FQXi is to catalyze, The prize was established in 1959 by the Heineman Foun- support, and disseminate research dation for Research, Educational, Charitable, and Scientific on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, Purposes, Inc., and is administered jointly by the American particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics. deep understanding of reality but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources. The Institute awards $2 million yearly for research into foundational questions in In May 2006, Donald Marolf won physics and cosmology. first place in the Gravity Research Foundation annual essay contest. Previous winners at UCSB include Philip Lubin is one of a group of Gary Horowitz and Steven Giddings. scientific pioneers involved with the The Gravity Research Foundation, Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) founded by Roger Babson, has had who were recognized in August with a major impact on the progress
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