Sean Carroll

Sean Carroll is interested in understanding how the universe works at multiple levels. He has made important contributions to cosmology, field theory, and general relativity. His current work centers on fundamental issues at the intersection of physics and philosophy, including the foundations of quantum mechanics, the emergence of spacetime, the origin and evolution of complexity, and the nature of emergence.

Sean Carroll is Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University and Fractal Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute.  He received his Ph.D. in 1993 from Harvard University.  His research focuses on the foundations of physics, including issues in quantum mechanics, spacetime, cosmology, and emergence.  He is the author of several books, most recently The Biggest Ideas in the Universe, Vol. 2: Quanta and Fields. He has been awarded prizes and fellowships by the National Science Foundation, NASA, the Sloan Foundation, the Packard Foundation, the American Physical Society, the American Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of London, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the host of the weekly Mindscape podcast.