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BERKELEY, CA- UC Berkeley Assistant Professor of Physics, Surjeet Rajendran, was named one of six winners of the 2017 New Horizons In Physics Prize during a gala on Dec 4 announcing the annual winners of the breakthrough prize. The New Horizons prizes are awarded to promising early-career researchers...
BERKELEY, CA- UC Berkeley Assistant Professor of Physics, Surjeet Rajendran, was named one of six winners of the 2017 New Horizons In Physics Prize during a gala on Dec 4 announcing the annual winners of the breakthrough prize. The New Horizons prizes are awarded to promising early-career researchers...

who have already produced important work in either fundamental physics or mathematics. Rajendran, who works in the area of theoretical particle physics, will share his $100,000 prize with Asimina Arvanitaki of the Perimeter Institute in Ontario, Canada, and Peter Graham of Stanford University.
Rajendran, 33, the Henry Shenker assistant professor of physics, searches for new theories to explain dark matter and other cosmological mysteries. He is particularly interested in novel applications of precision sensors, such as atomic and optical interferometers and precision magnetometers, to design detectors that are sensitive to weak effects caused by new physics. These include using atomic clocks to detect gravitational waves and nuclear magnetic resonance techniques to detect dark matter.
Rajendran, 33, the Henry Shenker assistant professor of physics, searches for new theories to explain dark matter and other cosmological mysteries. He is particularly interested in novel applications of precision sensors, such as atomic and optical interferometers and precision magnetometers, to design detectors that are sensitive to weak effects caused by new physics. These include using atomic clocks to detect gravitational waves and nuclear magnetic resonance techniques to detect dark matter.