Professor Enrico Pajer

I'm a Professor of theoretical physicist at DAMTP, the University of Cambridge. My interests are in theoretical cosmology, quantum field theory, gravity and their mutual interplay.

A summary of my research can be found in the research pages. My lecture notes for the courses I have given in the Math tripos are in the teaching pages.

Research

• 2018-present: Lecturer then Professor at the University of Cambridge
• 2014-18: Assistant Professor at Utrecht University
• 2011-14: Research Associate, Princeton University
• 2011-14: Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University

Education

• 2005-08: PhD at the Ludwig Maximilian University with Prof. Dieter Luest and Dr. Michael Haack (0.7/5 summa cum laude)
• 2004-05: Exchange student at the University of Geneva with Prof. Michele Maggiore
• 2000-05: Undergrand at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa (70/70 cum laude)
• 2000-05: Undergrand at the University of Pisa (110/110 cum laude)

Prizes, Fellowships and Awards

• 2020 EPSRC New Horizon 2020
• 2016-18 Member of the Utrecht Young Academy
• 2014 VIDI NWO Fellowship
• 2008 Arnold Sommerfeld Center Ph.D. prize
• 2004 Swiss Confederation Fellow

Appointments and Affiliations

• 2019-present Member of the Board of UK Cosmology
• 2014-18 Coordinator of the Master in Theoretical Physics at Utrecht University
• 2016-18 Member of the Board of Education of the Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics

Organized conferences and workshops

• Jan 2021 Cosmology 2021: the rise of field theory, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
• Sept 2020 Cosmological Correlators, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
• Sept 2019 The non-Gaussian Universe, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
• May 2019 UK Cosmo meeting, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
• July 2016 Utrecht Cosmology Symposium, UCoS16, Utrecht University, Utrecht (NL)
• July 2016 Biased tracers of Large Scale Structures, Lorentz Center, Leiden (NL)
• July 2015 Tools for String Phenomenology, Galileo Galilei Institute, Florence (IT)
• Feb 2014 Effective Field Theory for Large Scale Structures, PCTC, Princeton NJ (USA)
• Aug 2013 New Challenges for Early Universe Cosmologists Lorentz Center, Leiden (ND)
• Jul 2011 String Theory and Precision Cosmology, Cornell University, Ithaca NY (USA)

Funding Agencies