Professor Yuval Grossman
Prof. Yuval Grossman, Guest Lecturer at the Emilio Segre Distinguished Lectures in Physics of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation for the academic year 2018/2019, is a Professor of Theoretical Physics in the Department of Physics at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Prof. Grossman holds a B.Sc. in Physics and Computer Science (1990) from Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, an M.Sc. (1993) and a Ph.D. (1996) in Theoretical Physics from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Following graduation, Prof. Grossman served as a Research Associate in Theoretical Physics at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center of Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA (1996-2000). He then was appointed to the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, where he held the positions of Assistant Professor of Theoretical Physics (2000-2003) and Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics (2003-2007). In 2007, Prof. Grossman joined the Physics Department of Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, as an Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics (2007-2010), where he holds position until today as a Full Professor of Theoretical Physics.
Prof. Grossman is a Member of the US Neutrino Theory Network Steering Committee (2018). For his contributions to research and teaching, Prof. Grossman received several distinctions: the Humboldt Research Award, Germany (2018), the “Outstanding Teacher” Award, Technion, Israel (2007), the Henry Taub Prize for Excellence in Research, Technion, Israel (2003), the “Best Teacher” Award, Technion, Israel (2003), the Alon Fellowship, Technion, Israel (2000), the Kennedy Prize, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (1996), and the Feinberg graduate school distinction Prize, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (1993).
Prof. Grossman is a referee in several professional journals since 1996: Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), Nuclear Physics B, Physics Letters B, Physical Review D and Physical Review Letters.
Prof. Grossman’s research on theoretical physics concentrates on issues related to some of the most fundamental open questions in the field, like the mystery of anti-matter, neutrino physics, and dark matter. His main focus is on interpreting experimental data and suggesting new analyses to experiments. His research work at the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education focused on flavor physics including: lepton flavor symmetries, leptogenesis, CP violation, composite neutrinos, and spin determination.
In recent years, Prof. Grossman has mainly worked on B physics and neutrino physics. In the next few years, he expects to continue to research on topics related to Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
