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Visser, Matthew Joseph was born on March 21, 1956 in Wellington, New Zealand. Son of Herman Matthew and Cecilia Johanna (Regter) Visser.
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Matthew Joseph Visser, American Physicist. Achievements include contribution to theoretical understanding of the fifth force and to limits on the existence of their putative effect, multiple contributions to theory of traversable and quantum wormholes and Hawkings chronology protection conjecture. Co-recipient 2nd prize essay contest, Gravity Research Foundation, 1986. Member American Physical Society.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Bachelor in Mathematics, Bachelor of Science/honors, Victoria U., New Zealand, 1976, 77, 78; Master of Science in Mathematics, Master of Arts in Physics, Victoria U., New Zealand, 1981; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1984.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1984-1987; postdoctoral fellow, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National laboratory, 1987-1989; postdoctoral fellow, Washington University, St. Louis, 1989-1991; assistant research professor, Washington University, St. Louis, since 1991.
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Member American Physical Society.
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