Matthew J. Strassler is a

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, and educator known for the cascading gauge theory.

Education

Strassler studied at Simon's Rock College and

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

, and further obtained his Ph.D from

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

under the supervision of

Michael Peskin Michael Edward Peskin (born October 27, 1951, Philadelphia) is an American theoretical physicist. He is currently a professor in the SLAC Theory Group, theory group at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Peskin has been recognized for his ...

. During his collegiate career he also performed concerts.

Career

Teaching and scholarly positions

Strassler was a member at the

Institute for Advanced Study The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry located in Princeton, New Jersey. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent scholars, including Albert Ein ...

in 2002. From 2000 until 2002 he taught at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

, and then moved to the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...

until 2007. He left to a professorship at

Rutgers University Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...

until 2013. In 2013 he was a visiting scholar at Harvard, and in 2015, was an associate in the Physics Department.

Scholarly publications

Strassler's scholarly publications has ranked

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of 44 as of May 2024 according to

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and of 51 according to

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. His publication, "Supergravity and a confining gauge theory: duality cascades and χSB-resolution of naked singularities", co-written with Igor Klebanov for the ''

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'' in 2000, developed the cascading gauge theory. His particle physics article "Echoes of a hidden valley at hadron colliders" (2006), co-written with Kathryn Zurek, appeared in ''

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''.

Science writing

Strassler's physics-oriented blog, ''Of Particular Significance'', often includes reality-checks on mainstream media coverage of physics news. He has written for such outlets as ''

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''. His book ''Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean'' was published in March 2024, by

Basic Books Basic Books is a book publisher founded in 1950 and located in New York City, now an imprint of Hachette Book Group. It publishes books in the fields of psychology, philosophy, economics, science, politics, sociology, current affairs, and his ...

Accolades

Strassler was elected a fellow of the

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in 2007 " r work extending the AdS/CFT gravity/gauge duality to QCD-like confining theories, and for insights into novel aspects of the physics of strongly coupled supersymmetric theories".

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