Claudia de Rham

Summary

My expertise lies at the interface between particle physics, gravity and cosmology where I develop and test new models and paradigms.
Early Universe Cosmology: Probing signatures of the Early Universe be it for inflation or its alternatives.
Dark Energy: What is the source of the late–time acceleration of the Universe ?
Cosmological Constant Problem: Understanding the effect from vacuum energy of particle physics on cosmological scales.
Behaviour of Gravity: Deriving alternatives to General Relativity with an emphasize on theoretical consistency and quantum stability.
Tests of Gravity: Gravitational Waves, Lab, Solar System, Astrophysical and Cosmological signatures and tests of Gravity and screening mechanisms.
UV Completeness: Understanding the low-energy restrictions to the existence of a standard high energy completion and consequences to Cosmology and Particle Physics.

See inSpires for a list of publications

Grants and Awards:

• 2018: Adams Prize co-recipient for contributions to Mathematics. Awarded by the University of Cambridge
• 2018: Blavatnik Finalist, in Physical Sciences and Engineering for the inaugural Blavatnik Awards in the UK
• 2017: EPFL Alumni Award
• 2017-2021: PI on Simons Foundation Award, ‘Origins of the Universe’ program
• 2017-2022: PI on ERC consolidator grant, for the project “Massive Gravity and Cosmology,"
• 2016–2021: Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award
• 2012–2013: PI on ACES Advance Opportunity Grant, for the project “Recent Developments in Massive Gravity"
• 2010–2014: PI on Swiss National Foundation Professorship Grant, for the project “Challenging the cosmological paradigm."
• Since 2013: Co-PI on various group grants

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