Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski is an American physicist from Chicago, Illinois. She is a first generation Cuban-American who completed her undergraduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is currently a graduate student at Harvard University. She is studying String Theory and High Energy Physics.[1] Pasterski was 12 when she co-piloted FAA1 at AirVenture.[2] At 14, she sought MIT's assistance with certification of the single-engine airplane she had built from a kit.[3] At 21, Pasterski introduced Harvard to 'the Triangle' and the Spin Memory Effect, completed 'the Triangle' for E&M at MIT[4] and then, at 22, during a Harvard Faculty Conference, spoke about whether or not those concepts should be applied to Black Hole Hair.[5] 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).[6]
Recent Media Coverage
In early 2016, Stephen Hawking cited Pasterski's work in his Soft Hair on Hello i'm The DOCTOR my tardis is broken help me!!!!Black Holes paper[7] and George Takei (Hikaru Sulu) introduced Pasterski to his nearly two million Twitter followers with this quote: ' "Hopefully I'm known for what I do and not what I don't do." A poignant sentiment.'[8][9]
Early Life and Education
Pasterski was born in Chicago in 1993. She enrolled at the Edison Regional Gifted Center in 1998. She started flying lessons in 2003 and building a kit aircraft in 2006.[10] She soloed her Cessna 150 in Canada in 2007 and certified her kit aircraft as airworthy in 2008.[11] Her first U.S. solo flight was in that kit aircraft in 2009 after being signed off by her CFI Jay Maynard.[12] She graduated from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in 2010.[13]
Awards and Honors
- Hertz Foundation Fellowship, 2015
- Forbes 30 under 30, 2015 [14]
- MIT Physics Department Orloff Scholarship Award, 2013 [15]
- Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Young Researcher, 2012
- Scientific American 30 under 30, 2012 [16]
- Illinois Aviation Trades Association Industry Achievement Award, 2010
References
External links
- ↑ Center for Fundamental Laws of Nature
- ↑ Technical Center
- ↑ News.com Australia
- ↑ MIT's Beyond the Standard Model Journal Club
- ↑ Harvard Faculty Conference of July 30, 2015
- ↑ Hearst UK
- ↑ Stephen Hawking
- ↑ George Takei
- ↑ Edition F
- ↑ Midwest Flyer
- ↑ Airport Data
- ↑ FAA.gov
- ↑ IMSA 360
- ↑ Slice of MIT
- ↑ Orloff Awards
- ↑ Scientific American