Michelson Postdoctoral Prize Lectureship

The Michelson Postdoctoral Prize is awarded annually by the Physics Department at Case Western Reserve University to an outstanding junior scholar active in any field of Physics. The prize, established by Profs. Lawrence Krauss and Glenn Starkman in 1997, has become one of the premier awards for young Ph.D.s in physics in the country. The prize-winner spends one week in residence at Case, and presents a colloquium and three seminars to the department of Physics.

The Michelson Postdoctoral Prize this year was awarded to Roberto Trotta who is currently a Lockyer fellow at Oxford University, UK. Dr Trotta received his PhD in Physics at the University of Geneva in 2004. The main focus of his research is on the application of advanced statistical methods to problems of cosmology. He is an exceptionally active communicator of science to the public.

Dr Trotta will be in residence at CWRU the week of May 5 - 9 at which time he will give his Michelson Postdoctoral Prize Lectures on his research.