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Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski in 2014.
Born (1993-06-03) June 3, 1993 (age 31)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
NationalityDual American/Cuban
EducationPh.D. Candidate[8]
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University
Known forSpin memory effect.[4][5] the "asymptotic symmetry/soft factor/gravitational memory" triangle[6][7]
AwardsInaugural MIT Freshman Entrepreneurship Award[1]
Scientific career
InstitutionsBoeing Phantom Works, CERN, NASA[2]
Doctoral advisorAndrew Strominger

Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski (born June 3, 1993) is an American physicist from Chicago, Illinois who studies high energy physics.[9] She describes herself as "a proud first-generation Cuban-American & Chicago Public Schools alumna."[2] She completed her undergraduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is currently a graduate student at Harvard University.

Early life and education

Pasterski was born in Chicago on June 3, 1993 to Mark Pasterski and Maria E Gonzalez. Her father, an attorney and an electrical engineer, encouraged her to follow her dreams.[10] She enrolled at the Edison Regional Gifted Center in 1998, and graduated from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in 2010.[11]

Pasterski holds an active interest in aviation. She took her first flying lesson in 2003, aged 10, co-piloted FAA1 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2005[12] and started building a kit aircraft by 2006.[13] Her first U.S. solo flight was in that kit aircraft in 2009 after being signed off by her CFI Jay Maynard.[14]

Pasterski named among her scientific heroes Leon Lederman, Dudley Herschbach, and Freeman Dyson, and said she was drawn to physics by Jeff Bezos.[3] She has received job offers from Blue Origin, an aerospace company founded by Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).[15]

Academia

As a sophomore, Pasterski worked on the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider.[3] She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in high energy physics under the supervision of Andrew Strominger[16] from whom she was given her academic freedom in the Spring of 2015[17] based upon Pasterski et al's 2014 discovery of the "spin memory effect" which may be used to detect/verify the net effects of gravitational waves.[18] After being granted that academic freedom, she would complete the Pasterski-Strominger-Zhiboedov Triangle for electromagnetic memory in a 2015 solo paper[19] that Stephen Hawking cited in early 2016.[20]

Media coverage

Hawking’s citation of Pasterski’s solo work on the PZS Triangle was publicized by actor George Takei when he referenced her on his Twitter account with her quote, "'Hopefully I'm known for what I do and not what I don't do.' A poignant sentiment."[21] The Steven P. Jobs Trust article included in the tweet has been shared 1,200,000 times.[22]

Pasterski’s 2016 work in promoting the Let Girls Learn initiative has been recognized by an invitation to the White House[23], a congratulatory message from the White House played on network television,[24] as well as a two page spread in Marie Claire's January 2017 issue with former First Lady Michelle Obama.[25]

Pasterski's continuing efforts to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for girls in Cuba has been recognized by the Annenberg Foundation.[26][27]

Pasterski's 2017 work in promoting STEM education for girls in Russia has been recognized by the U.S Embassy in Moscow[28] and by the Moscow Polytech.[29]

International print and television coverage of Pasterski's work has appeared in Russian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, German, Hindi and French: Russia Today, Poland's Angora magazine, DNES magazine in the Czech Republic, People en Espanol, Jolie in Germany, Vanitha TV in India, Madame magazine in France, le Figaro magazine Paris, Femina magazine in Switzerland, and Marie Claire Espana.[30][31][32] In 2016, R&B singer Chris Brown posted a page with a video promoting her.[33] Forbes and The History Channel ran stories about Gonzalez Pasterski for their audiences in Mexico and Latin America respectively.[34][35]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "New Freshman Awards recognize exceptional first-year students". News.mit.edu. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Hertz Foundation Profile". Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e 30 Under 30: Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Scientific American profile
  4. ^ Pasterski, Sabrina; Strominger, Andrew; Zhiboedov, Alexander (February 21, 2015). "New Gravitational Memories". arXiv:1502.06120 [hep-th].
  5. ^ "Memories, asymptotic symmetries, and soft theorems". Motls.blogspot.com. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  6. ^ Pasterski, Sabrina (May 4, 2015). "Completing the Triangle for EM". arXiv:1505.00716 [hep-th].
  7. ^ David A. Nichols. "Spin memory effect for compact binaries in the post-Newtonian approximation" (PDF). Arxiv.org. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  8. ^ "Forbes Profile". Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  9. ^ "Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature". Harvard University. Retrieved April 5, 2016. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  10. ^ "Wondering Where The Future of Aviation Is? Wonder No More! Meet Ms. Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski - Midwest Flyer – General Aviation Magazine". midwestflyer.com. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  11. ^ "Sabrina Pasterski '10 Profiled by Chicago Tribune". IMSA 360.
  12. ^ "Sabrina". FAA Technical Center. 2005. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  13. ^ a b Bildilli, Jim (January 5, 2011). "Wondering Where The Future of Aviation Is? Wonder No More! Meet Ms. Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski". Midwest Flyer. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  14. ^ "What is your best achievement?" (PDF). Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  15. ^ "Who's That Girl: Sabrina Pasterski". Hearst UK. 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  16. ^ "Sabrina Pasterski". hetg.physics.harvard.edu. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  17. ^ "Colloquy Magazine Spring 2015 - Harvard University - The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences". gsas.harvard.edu. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  18. ^ "Spin memory effect for compact binaries in the post-Newtonian approximation" (PDF). Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  19. ^ "Asymptotic Symmetries and Electromagnetic Memory" (PDF). Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  20. ^ "Soft Hair on Black Holes" (PDF). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  21. ^ Takei, George (January 20, 2016). "Twitter feed". Twitter.
  22. ^ Halime, Farah (January 12, 2016). "This Millennial Might Be The New Einstein". Ozy.com. Steven P. Jobs Trust. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  23. ^ "White House China Room". Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  24. ^ "Young Women's Honors". Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  25. ^ a b Hauser, Brooke (December 12, 2016). "Young Women's Honors". Marie Claire. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  26. ^ "Cuba Is Exhibition September 9, 2017 through March 4, 2018". Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  27. ^ "Delegation to Cuba" (PDF). Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  28. ^ "Spaso House". Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  29. ^ "Gorky Park Polytech Fest". Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  30. ^ "RT Watching the Hawks". RT. February 4, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  31. ^ "Angora". January 31, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  32. ^ "DNES". March 14, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  33. ^ Brown, Chris (2016). "There's A New Einstein In Town With Answers To The Universe's Biggest Mysteries – And She's A Millenial From Chicago". Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  34. ^ Gasca, Leticia. "¿Quién es Sabrina Pasterski?". Forbes Mexico. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  35. ^ "¿La nueva Einstein? Una joven física latina asombra al mundo de la ciencia". The History Channel (Latin America). Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  36. ^ "Orloff Awards". MIT. August 8, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  37. ^ London, Jay (January 8, 2015). "More Than 30 MIT Alumni Named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 Lists". Slice of MIT. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  38. ^ "Hertz New Fellows 2015". The Hertz Foundation. 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  39. ^ "30 Under 30 2017". Forbes. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  40. ^ "Silicon Valley Comic Con - April 21-23, 2017". Silicon Valley Comic Con. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  41. ^ "Google Trends 2017". Google. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  42. ^ "30 Under 30 2018". Forbes. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  43. ^ "Genius: 100 Visions of the Future". Genius: 100 Visions of the Future. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
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