Background
Allen, Bruce was born on May 11, 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Steven and Malwina (Gerson) Allen.
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Bruce Allen
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Bruce Allen, American physicist. Recipient Knight prize Cambridge University, 1981, first prize Gravity Research Foundation, 1990, Bessel prize Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation, 2003; named Marshall scholar, 1980-1983; National Science Foundation research grantee, since 1987. Fellow Institute Physics, American Physical Society; member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Phi Beta Kappa.
Education
1976 Graduated from Wayland High School, Wayland, Massachusetts, United States of America. (Allen belonged to the class of 1977, but graduated a year early with the class of 1976).
Career
He is also a physics professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He has done research work on models of the very early universe (inflationary cosmology, cosmic strings). Allen currently leads a research group working on the detection of gravitational waves.
In this role, he was one of the first scientists to become aware of the initial detection of GW150914 at LIGO, in September 2015.
Allen"s research work has been funded by the United States National Science Foundation since 1987. 1980 Bachelor of Surgery in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (advisor: Rainer Weiss)
1984 Doctor of Philosophy. in Gravitation and Cosmology, University of Cambridge, England (advisor: Stephen Hawking)
1983-1985 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Santa Barbara (Physics Department)
1985-1986 Postdoctoral Fellow, Tufts University (Physics Department)
1986-1987 Chercheur Associé, Observatoire de Paris - Meudon, France
1987-1989 Research Assistant Professor, Tufts University
1989-1992 Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
1992-1997 Associate Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
1997-2007 Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
2007-present Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
2007-present Director, Department of Observational Relativity and Cosmology, Albert Einstein Institute, Hannover, Germany
2008-present Honorary Professor of Physics, University of Hanover
1994 Six months, Isaac Newton Mathematical Institute, Cambridge, England
1995 Six months, Caltech Relativity Group
1997 One year, Caltech LIGO Project
1999 Six months, Caltech LIGO Project
2000-2005 Few months/year, Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam, Germany.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Institute Physics, American Physical Society. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Phi Beta Kappa.
Interests
Connections
Married Sylvie Debaisieux, August 26, 1986 (divorced 1992). Married Marialessandra Papa, April 1, 2000. Children: Daniel, Martin.
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United States
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Career
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1983 - 1985
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1985 - 1986
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1986 - 1987
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1989 - 1992
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1980 Phi Beta Kappa, MIT 1980-5 NSF Graduate Fellowship (declined) 1980-2 Churchill Scholarship (declined) 1980-2 Marshall Scholar, University of Cambridge 1981 Knight Prize, University of Cambridge 1990 First Prize, Gravity Research Foundation 1997 University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Graduate School Research Award 2002-3 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 2004 Elected Fellow, Institute of Physics (UK) 2005 Elected Fellow, American Physical Society1980 Phi Beta Kappa, MIT 1980-5 NSF Graduate Fellowship (declined) 1980-2 Churchill Scholarship (declined) 1980-2 Marshall Scholar, University of Cambridge 1981 Knight Prize, University of Cambridge 1990 First Prize, Gravity Research Foundation 1997 University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Graduate School Research Award 2002-3 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 2004 Elected Fellow, Institute of Physics (UK) 2005 Elected Fellow, American Physical Society