彼得.费希尔（Peter Fisher）教授在美国麻省理工学院物理系任教，目前担任物理系主任一职。他主要从事粒子物理学方面的研究，包括暗物质探测领域和新粒子探测器发展等领域。Fisher教授的兴趣还涉及紧凑型能源供应、电磁辐射、无线能量传输及盆景等方面的教学工作。

 

在1994年来麻省理工学院之前，Fisher教授在加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校获得工程物理学士学位，随后又在加州理工学院获得工程物理博士学位；在1989-1994期间Fisher教授在约翰.霍普金斯大学任教。

 

 

 

Speaker: Peter Fisher    

Professor and Head, Department of Physics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Time: Saturday 14:45-15:45, 2015-12-12

Place: Lecture Hall, Main Bldg., Tsinghua University

 

Title: Big Bangs and Little Bumps: The Story of Dark Matter

Abstract: What is Dark Matter? Dark Matter was first uncovered about eighty years ago through observations of the motion of galaxies in a large galactic cluster. Since then, astronomers and particle physicists have tried to learn what dark matter is, but we have mostly learned what dark matter isn’t. The first part of the talk will focus on how we came to know what we do know about dark matter and the second part will explore the new experiments both on Earth and in space.

Introduction of Speaker:

Professor Fisher is a member of the faculty in the Physics Department and currently serves as department head. He carries out research in particle physics in the areas of dark matter detection and the development of new particle detectors. He also has an interest in compact energy supplies, pedagogical work on electromagnetic radiation, wireless energy transmission, and bonsai. Before coming to MIT in 1994, Fisher earned his bachelor's degree in engineering physics from the University of California at Berkeley, followed by a PhD in nuclear physics from the California Institute of Technology. He was on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University from 1989 to 1994.