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.
See inSpires for a list of publications
BOOKS:
- Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity.
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- Encyclopedia of Cosmology: Set 2 - Frontiers
with Prof. Andrew Tolley, Physics, Imperial College London
The Encyclopedia of Cosmology | World Scientific Series in Astrophysics - Author page
Grants and Awards:
- 2023: Elected Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
- 2022: Laureate of Beate Naroska Senior Guest Professorship Award for outstanding research in Theoretical Physics and active involvement in creating equal opportunities for women in physics.
- 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, Kożuszek J, Tolley AJ, et al., 2023, Dynamical formulation of ghost-free massive gravity, Physical Review D, Vol:108, ISSN:2470-0010
De Rham C, Jaitly S, Tolley AJ, 2023, Constraints on Regge behavior from IR physics, Physical Review D, Vol:108, ISSN:2470-0010
de Rham C, Garcia-Saenz S, Heisenberg L, et al., 2023, To half-be or not to be?, The Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol:2023, ISSN:1029-8479, Pages:1-31
Baker T, Barausse E, Chen A, et al., 2023, Testing gravitational wave propagation with multiband detections, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol:2023, ISSN:1475-7516, Pages:1-21
de Rham C, Engelbrecht L, Heisenberg L, et al., 2022, Positivity bounds in vector theories, The Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol:86, ISSN:1029-8479, Pages:1-40