Dr. Netta Engelhardt

Associate Professor

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Biography

Netta Engelhardt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at MIT. She works on quantum gravity, primarily within the framework of the AdS/CFT correspondence, focusing on understanding the dynamics of black holes, the quantum structure of spacetime, and the relationship between gravity and quantum information. Her current primary interests revolve around the black hole information paradox, the thermodynamic behavior of black holes, and the cosmic censorship hypothesis, which conjectures that singularities are hidden behind event horizons. Engelhardt grew up in Jerusalem, Israel, and later moved to Boston, MA, where she received her BSc in physics and mathematics from Brandeis University and her PhD in physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prior to joining the MIT physics faculty in July 2019, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University and a member of the Princeton Gravity Initiative.

Research Interests

Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow

— Present

Princeton University • Princeton, NJ

Conducted research as part of the Princeton Gravity Initiative.

Associate Professor

2019-07-01 — Present

Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA

Teaching and conducting research in the field of Physics, focusing on aspects of quantum gravity.

Awards

#2025

DOE Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

#2023

Gribov Medal (EPS-HEPP)

#2022

Sloan Research Fellowship

#2021

DOE Office Science Early Career Research Program Award

#2021

New Horizons Physics Prize in Early-Career Achievements in Physics and Mathematics

#2019

Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists in Physical Sciences and Engineering