Mark Alford (physicist) explained

Mark G. Alford
Alma Mater:	Oxford (BS) Harvard (PhD)
Doctoral Advisor:	Sidney Coleman
Workplaces:	Washington University in St. Louis
Fields:	Astrophysics Neutron stars High-energy physics Quantum chromodynamics Theoretical physics

Mark G. Alford (born 3 July 1962) is a theoretical physicist and former chair (2012-2022) of the Department of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis.^[1] He researches dense matter inside neutron stars.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Alford received his bachelor's degree with first-class honors from Oxford in 1984 and his master's and doctoral degrees from Harvard in 1988 and 1990, respectively, under the supervision of Sidney Coleman.^[5] Afterwards he held postdoctoral positions at the University of California, Santa Barbara Institute for Theoretical Physics (now the Kavli Institute), Cornell's Laboratory of Nuclear Studies, the Institute for Advanced Study, and the MIT Center for Theoretical Physics. He became a lecturer at the University of Glasgow in 2000, before becoming professor at Washington University in 2003.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]} He is a fellow of the American Physical Society.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Physics - Mark G. Alford. physics.aps.org. 2020-01-23.
2. Web site: Mark Alford. The Helix Center. en-US. 2020-01-23.
3. Web site: Five extreme facts about neutron stars. Sundermier. Ali. symmetry magazine. 24 January 2017 . en. 2020-01-23.
4. Web site: High density quark matter and color superconductivity. web.physics.wustl.edu. 2020-01-23.
5. Web site: Member Spotlight: Mark Alford, AM '88, PhD '90. hcstlouis.clubs.harvard.edu. 2020-01-23.
6. Web site: Mark G. Alford. 2018-06-19. Department of Physics. en. 2020-01-24.
7. Web site: INSPIRE Author Profile - Mark Alford. INSPIRE HEP. January 23, 2020.
8. Web site: Washington University Department of Physics. 2019. GradSchoolShopper - American Institute of Physics.
9. Web site: Curriculum vitae. Alford. Mark. Washington University Department of Physics. January 23, 2020.