Education
He was an undergraduate at Harvard University and obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in 1978 at Cornell University studying under Kenneth Wilson.
He was an undergraduate at Harvard University and obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in 1978 at Cornell University studying under Kenneth Wilson.
He was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows from 1977–1980. He is currently a professor in the theory group at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Peskin is known for a widely used textbook on quantum field theory, written with Daniel Schroeder, and the Peskin-Takeuchi parameter.
He has authored many popular review articles
He is a noted advocate of building a future linear collider.