Renowned Physicist and Award-Winning Researcher Claudia de Rham Telling HER Story

Claudia de Rham is a theoretical physicist based at Imperial College London. Her work at the interface of gravity, cosmology and particle physics won her the Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists in 2020. She is a tireless campaigner against the underrepresentation of girls in physics and frequently speaks in schools and for other organisations about diversity in the sciences. Her book The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity tells the fascinating personal story of de Rham’s quest to gain intimacy with gravity, to understand both its feeling and fundamental nature. An aspiring astronaut whose opportunity to go into space was unexpectedly snatched away from her, de Rham has instead played with gravity as a diver, a pilot and – above all – an award-winning researcher who, in redirecting her energy towards physics, made a breakthrough at the very frontiers of gravitational science. Her expertise lies at the interface between Quantum Field Theory, Gravity, Gravitational Waves, Cosmology, Particle Physics, Numerical Simulations and Theoretical Mathematical Physics, where she leads the development and test of new models and paradigms to probe the fundamental laws of Nature and uncovers new layers in our understanding of Science. Her research has been ranked among the most impactful in fundamental physics in the past decade, recognised by multiple major grants, prizes, and awards. Among other roles, she is chair of the PPGP theory STFC panel, director of the Abdus Salam Centre for Theoretical Physics, and editor of three scientific journals.Your Story Matters! You Matter! Role Models Matter! Lead By Example To Support Others! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.