Christopher Stubbs is an experimental physicist currently on the faculty at Harvard University in both the Department of Physics and the Department of Astronomy.
Education
He received his Doctor of Philosophy in physics from the University of Washington in 1988 working with Professor Eric Adelberger on experimental tests of gravity. His Doctor of Philosophy thesis ruled out the idea of a fifth force, a proposed long range modification of gravity.
Career
He is a former Chair of Harvard"s Department of Physics. Stubbs received an International Baccalaureate degree from Iranzamin International School in Tehran and received a Bachelor of Science in physics from the University of Virginia in 1981. Current Projects
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)
Probing Dark Energy with galaxy clusters.
Precise calibration of astronomical instruments.
Builder status on the PanSTARRS Project. Testing foundations of gravity with lunar laser ranging, the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
Arms Control.
Past Projects
Laboratory tests of the equivalence principle (with EotWash group, University of Washington)
Lead Scientist of the ESSENCE supernova cosmology survey, which is probing the nature of the Dark Energy. Past Project Scientist for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST).
Membership
Member of MACHO gravitational microlensing project, a search for dark matter in the Milky Way that ruled out astrophysical objects as being the dark matter in our Galaxy. Member of High-z Supernova Search Team, co-discovered the so-called dark energy.