Glennys Farrar
Glennys Farrar | |
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Farrar in 2023 | |
| Born | 1946 (age 78–79) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley Princeton University |
| Awards | Distinguished Visiting Research Chair for the Perimeter Institute |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology Rutgers University New York University |
| Thesis | The weak radiative decay of the positive sigma-hyperon and the lambda-hyperon (1971) |
| Doctoral advisor | Sam Treiman |
| Doctoral students | Gregory Gabadadze |
Glennys Reynolds Farrar (born 1946) is an American physicist. She is a professor of physics at New York University who specializes in particle physics, cosmology and the study of dark matter. She has made several significant contributions to the fields of hadron and dark matter phenomenology, helping to develop the working "Standard Cosmological Model". Farrar is a figure in developing many modern particle-search techniques, achieving numerous recognitions including as the Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences and Sloan Fellowship. She holds a faculty position at New York University (NYU), where she has been since 1998.