Prof. Dr. Marcela S. Carena

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsElementary Particle Physics
KeywordsHiggs Physics, supersymmetry, extra dimensions, dark matter, cosmology

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBatavia
InstitutionFermi National Accelerator Laboratory
InstituteTheoretical Physics Department

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Matthias NeubertInstitut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2011

Programme(s)

2010Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Carena is well known internationally for her outstanding research in theoretical high-energy physics. She has made numerous important contributions to the theory of matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe and the nature of the dark matter. Professor Carena has also done seminal work on supersymmetry, electroweak symmetry breaking and models with extra dimensions of space. During her stay in Germany, she intends to elaborate on a class of particle-physics models addressing the dark-matter and flavour problems.