Claudia de Rham

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Professor of Theoretical Physics

Contact

+44 (0)20 7594 7841c.de-rham CV

Location

506Blackett LaboratorySouth 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

Xie Y, Zhang J, Silva HO, et al.Xie Y, Zhang J, Silva HO, de Rham C, Witek H, Yunes N close, 2021, Square Peg in a Circular Hole: Choosing the Right Ansatz for Isolated Black Holes in Generic Gravitational Theories, Physical Review Letters, Vol:126, ISSN:0031-9007

Alberte L, de Rham C, Jaitly S, et al.Alberte L, de Rham C, Jaitly S, Tolley AJ close, 2020, Positivity bounds and the massless spin-2 pole, Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol:102, ISSN:1550-2368, Pages:1-34

de Rham C, Tolley AJ, 2020, Causality in curved spacetimes: The speed of light and gravity, Physical Review D, Vol:102, ISSN:1550-7998, Pages:1-33

de Rham C, Pozsgay V, 2020, New class of Proca interactions, Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol:102, ISSN:1550-2368, Pages:1-18

Barausse E, Berti E, Hertog T, et al.Barausse E, Berti E, Hertog T, Hughes SA, Jetzer P, Pani P, Sotiriou TP, Tamanini N, Witek H, Yagi K, Yunes N, Abdelsalhin T, Achucarro A, van Aelst K, Afshordi N, Akcay S, Annulli L, Arun KG, Ayuso I, Baibhav V, Baker T, Bantilan H, Barreiro T, Barrera-Hinojosa C, Bartolo N, Baumann D, Belgacem E, Bellini E, Bellomo N, Ben-Dayan I, Bena I, Benkel R, Bergshoefs E, Bernard L, Bernuzzi S, Bertacca D, Besancon M, Beutler F, Beyer F, Bhagwat S, Bicak J, Biondini S, Bize S, Blas D, Boehmer C, Boller K, Bonga B, Bonvin C, Bosso P, Bozzola G, Brax P, Breitbach M, Brito R, Bruni M, Bruegmann B, Bulten H, Buonanno A, Burko LM, Burrage C, Cabral F, Calcagni G, Caprini C, Cardenas-Avendano A, Celoria M, Chatziioannou K, Chernoff D, Clough K, Coates A, Comelli D, Compere G, Croon D, Cruces D, Cusin G, Dalang C, Danielsson U, Das S, Datta S, de Boer J, De Luca V, De Rham C, Desjacques V, Destounis K, Filippo FD, Dima A, Dimastrogiovanni E, Dolan S, Doneva D, Duque F, Durrer R, East W, Easther R, Elley M, Ellis JR, Emparan R, Ezquiaga JM, Fairbairn M, Fairhurst S, Farmer HF, Fasiello MR, Ferrari V, Ferreira PG, Ficarra G, Figueras P, Fisenko S, Foffa S, Franchini N, Franciolini G, Fransen K, Frauendiener J, Frusciante N, Fujita R, Gair J, Ganz A, Garcia P, Garcia-Bellido J, Garriga J, Geiger R, Geng C, Gergely LA, Germani C, Gerosa D, Giddings SB, Gourgoulhon E, Grandclement P, Graziani L, Gualtieri L, Haggard D, Haino S, Halburd R, Han W-B, Hawken AJ, Hees A, Heng IS, Hennig J, Herdeiro C, Hervik S, Holten JV, Hoyle CD, Hu Y, Hull M, Ikeda T, Isi M, Jenkins A, Julie F, Kajfasz E, Kalaghatgi C, Kaloper N, Kamionkowski M, Karas V, Kastha S, Keresztes Z, Kidder L, Kimpson T, Klein A, Klioner S, Kokkotas K, Kolesova H, Kolkowitz S, Kopp J, Koyama K, Krishnendu NV, Kroon JAV, Kunz M, Lahav O, Landragin A, Lang RN, Poncin-Lafitte CL, Lemos J, Li B, Liberati S, Liguori M, Lin F, Liu G, Lobo FSN, Loll R, Lombriser L, Lovelace G, Macedo RP, Madge E, Maggio E, Maggiore M, Marassi S, Marco close, 2020, Prospects for fundamental physics with LISA, General Relativity and Gravitation, Vol:52, ISSN:0001-7701, Pages:1-33

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