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Professor Iain W. Stewart joined the Physics faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in January 2003 and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2009 and to full Professor in 2013. His research interests primarily focus on theoretical nuclear and particle physics, specifically the development and application of effective field theories to address fundamental questions related to the interactions of elementary particles. His work encompasses a range of significant areas, including Soft-Collinear Effective Theory (SCET), which allows for the separation of short and long-distance physics in energetic collisions involving quarks and gluons. This formalism is instrumental in addressing a variety of problems probed by proton-electron colliders. He has made notable contributions to various fields, such as Quasi-Distributions for lattice calculations, Heavy Quark Effective Theory, and Nucleon Effective Theory. A major aspect of his current work relates to the theoretical ingredients required to describe proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), including studies on Higgs and jet production. Prior to joining MIT, he served as a Research Assistant Professor at the Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, and as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of California, San Diego. He earned his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1999 and holds both a Master's degree and a Bachelor's degree with honors in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Manitoba, Canada.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Joined the Physics faculty, promoted to Associate Professor.
Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington • Seattle, WA
Conducted research in nuclear theory.
University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA
Performed postdoctoral research in particle physics.