Claudia de Rham

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Professor of Theoretical Physics

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Location

Huxley BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

Summary

My expertise lies at the interface between particle physics, gravity and cosmology where I develop and test new models and paradigms.

Understanding Gravity at the Fundamental level:
Understanding gravity with an emphasis on theoretical consistency, quantum stability and relevance for cosmology.
Tests of Gravity: Using Gravitational Waves to probe gravity in conjunction with laboratory, Solar System, Astrophysical Cosmological tests and screening mechanisms.
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.
UV Completeness: Understanding the low-energy restrictions to the existence of a standard high energy completion and consequences to Cosmology and Particle Physics.

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Grants and Awards:

2020: Named as a 2020 Simons Investigator in physics
2020: Blavatnik Laureate, in Physical Sciences and Engineering for the 2020 Blavatnik Awards in the UK, video
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

Publications

Journals

de Rham C, Engelbrecht L, Heisenberg L, et al.de Rham C, Engelbrecht L, Heisenberg L, Lüscher A close, 2022, Positivity bounds in vector theories, Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol:2022

Arun KG, Belgacem E, Benkel R, et al.Arun KG, Belgacem E, Benkel R, Bernard L, Berti E, Bertone G, Besancon M, Blas D, Bohmer CG, Brito R, Calcagni G, Cardenas-Avendano A, Clough K, Crisostomi M, De Luca V, Doneva D, Escoffier S, Ezquiaga JM, Ferreira PG, Fleury P, Foffa S, Franciolini G, Frusciante N, Garcia-Bellido J, Herdeiro C, Hertog T, Hinderer T, Jetzer P, Lombriser L, Maggio E, Maggiore M, Mancarella M, Maselli A, Nampalliwar S, Nichols D, Okounkova M, Pani P, Paschalidis V, Raccanelli A, Randall L, Renaux-Petel S, Riotto A, Ruiz M, Saffer A, Sakellariadou M, Saltas ID, Sathyaprakash BS, Shao L, Sopuerta CF, Sotiriou TP, Stergioulas N, Tamanini N, Vernizzi F, Witek H, Wu K, Yagi K, Yazadjiev S, Yunes N, Zilhao M, Afshordi N, Angonin M-C, Baibhav V, Barausse E, Barreiro T, Bartolo N, Bellomo N, Ben-Dayan I, Bergshoeff EA, Bernuzzi S, Bertacca D, Bhagwat S, Bonga B, Burko LM, Compere G, Cusin G, da Silva A, Das S, de Rham C, Destounis K, Dimastrogiovanni E, Duque F, Easther R, Farmer H, Fasiello M, Fisenko S, Fransen K, Frauendiener J, Gair J, Gergely LA, Gerosa D, Gualtieri L, Han W-B, Hees A, Helfer T, Hennig J, Jenkins AC, Kajfasz E, Kaloper N, Karas V, Kavanagh BJ, Klioner SA, Koushiappas SM, Lagos M, Le Poncin-Lafitte C, Lobo FSN, Markakis C, Martin-Moruno P, Martins CJAP, Matarrese S, Mayerson DR, Mimoso JP, Noller J, Nunes NJ, Oliveri R, Orlando G, Pappas G, Pikovski I, Pilo L, Pratten G, Prokopec T, Qi H, Rastgoo S, Ricciardone A, Rollo R, Rubiera-Garcia D, Sergijenko O, Shapiro S, Shoemaker D, Spallicci A, Stashko O, Stein LC, Tasinato G, Tolley AJ, Vagenas EC, Vandoren S, Vernieri D, Vicente R, Wiseman T, Zhdanov V, Zumalacarregui M close, 2022, New horizons for fundamental physics with LISA, Living Reviews in Relativity, Vol:25, ISSN:2367-3613

González MC, De Rham C, Pozsgay V, et al.González MC, De Rham C, Pozsgay V, Tolley AJ close, 2022, Causal effective field theories, Physical Review D, Vol:106, ISSN:2470-0010

de Rham C, Tolley AJ, Zhang J, 2022, Causality constraints on gravitational effective field theories, Physical Review Letters, Vol:128, ISSN:0031-9007, Pages:1-6

Chen CY-R, de Rham C, Margalit A, et al.Chen CY-R, de Rham C, Margalit A, Tolley AJ close, 2022, A cautionary case of casual causality, Journal of High Energy Physics, ISSN:1029-8479

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