Dr. Natalie Paquette

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Natalie Paquette is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Washington. She completed her Ph.D. at Stanford University in 2017 under the supervision of Shamit Kachru, following a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 2012. Her research interests lie at the intersection of Mathematical Physics and Particle Theory, with a focus on holographic correspondences in asymptotically anti-de Sitter spacetimes and the connections with modern mathematics. She has made significant contributions to the understanding of string theory, including explanations of Monstrous moonshine and the classification of boundary conditions in 3-dimensional supersymmetric conformal field theories. Paquette is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Simons Collaboration on Celestial Holography and has held postdoctoral positions, including a Sherman Fairchild Fellowship at Caltech. She has been recognized with the DOE Early Career Research Fellow award and contributes to various academic courses, such as Electromagnetism and Modern Quantum Field Theory at the University of Washington.

Research Interests

Experience

Member

2017-01-01 — 2018-01-01

Institute for Advanced Study • Princeton, NJ

Conducted research as a Member in the Institute for Advanced Study.

Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Fellow

2018-01-01 — 2020-01-01

Caltech •

Conducted research as part of the Sherman Fairchild fellowship at Caltech.

Courses

PHYS 513 Electromagnetism PHYS 578 B: Selected Topics Theoretical Physics PHYS 225 Introduction Quantum Mechanics PHYS 572 Modern Quantum Field Theory PHYS 115 C: Heat, Fluids Electricity Magnetism

Requirements for University of Washington

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:105
Overall
Required:105
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university
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Standard Graduate School requirements for University of Washington apply to most departments listed unless specified otherwise by the program.