Current Position:
Royal Society University Research Fellow and Professor of Theoretical Physics
Institution:
University of Birmingham
Discipline:
Theoretical Physics
Recognized for: Groundbreaking theories and innovative experimental collaborations employing synthetic analogs to simulate higher dimensions, giving insight into physics with more than three spatial dimensions.
Areas of Research Interest and Expertise:
Theoretical physics; Atomic, Molecular, and Optical physics; Condensed matter physics
Previous Positions:
Research Summary:
What would it be like to live in a world where you could move up/down, left/right, and forward/backward, but also in a fourth, entirely different direction? Research by theoretical physicist Hannah Price, PhD, is exploring this hypothetical “4D” world, revealing phenomena that could impact technology from communications to computing. Through collaborations on innovative experiments, Price is creating environments that mimic extra spatial dimensions to study exotic physical phenomena. Price has already pioneered studies on the 4D quantum Hall effect – a phenomenon usually associated with two dimensions – which is not only of fundamental interest but may prove useful in future computing or telecommunications technologies.
“I find it thrilling to use Theoretical Physics to imagine different realities, while learning more about how to control real systems. I am deeply grateful for this award and to my collaborators and colleagues for sharing these explorations with me.”
Key Publications:
Other Honors:
2018 James Clerk Maxwell Medal and Prize, The Institute of Physics
2018 Aston Webb Award for Outstanding Early Career Academic, University of Birmingham
In the Media:
Physics World – Topological insulators enter the fourth dimension
Physics Today - Simulating four-dimensional physics in the laboratory
Physics – Photons Get Slippery