Prof. Bruce Allen
Observational Relativity and Cosmology
Location Hannover
Location Hannover
Main Focus
Gravitational wave detection and data analysis, early universe
cosmology, de Sitter space, curved-space quantum field theory, cosmic
strings, inflationary models of the early universe, gravitational
radiation emission by cosmic strings, large scale cluster computing,
public distributed computing
Curriculum Vitae
Director at Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Head of the department Observational Relativity and Cosmology
Honorary Professor of Physics, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA
Personal Data
Date of Birth: May 11, 1959Nationality: American
Education
1986-1987: Chercheur Associé, Observatoire de Paris - Meudon, France1985-1986: Postdoctoral Fellow, Tufts University, USA
1983-1985: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
1980-1984: Ph.D. in Gravitation and Cosmology, Cambridge University, England (Supervisor: Stephen Hawking)
1976-1980: B.S. in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (Supervisor: Rainer Weiss)
Academic Appointments
Since 2008: Honorary Professor of Physics, Leibniz Universität HannoverSince 2007: Director at Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Hannover
Since 2007: Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA
1997-2006: Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA
1992-1997: Associate Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA
1989-1992: Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA
1987-1989: Research Assistant Professor, Tufts University, USA
Scientific awards/honours/memberships
2020: Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science2017: Bruno Rossi Prize of the American Astronomical Society (shared with the LIGO team)
2017: Group Achievement Award of the Royal Astronomical Society (shared with the LIGO team)
2017: Princess of Asturias Award (shared with LIGO Scientific Collaboration)
2016: Lower Saxony State Award (shared with A. Buonanno and K. Danzmann)
2016: Special Breakthrough Prize (shared with LIGO Scientific Collaboration)
2016: Gruber Prize (shared with LIGO Scientific Collaboration)
2005: Elected Fellow, American Physical Society
2004: Elected Fellow, Institute of Physics, UK
2002-2003: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2001-2006: Member, Editorial Board, Classical and Quantum Gravity
1997-2018: Member, Executive Committee, LIGO Scientific Collaboration
1997-2000: Member, NASA Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Mission definition team
1997: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Graduate School Research Award
1995-1997: Member, Executive Committee, LIGO Research Community
1990: First prize, Gravity Research Foundation, USA
1987-2018: Approximately 10M USD research funding from the National Science Foundation
1981: Knight Prize, Cambridge University, England
1980-1983: Marshall Scholar, Cambridge University, England
1980-1985: NSF Graduate Fellowship (declined)
1980-1982: Churchill Scholar, Cambridge University, England (declined)
1980: Phi Beta Kappa, MIT, USA