Kavli Institute For Theoretical Physics
Presents
The KITP Public Lecture Series

The Quantum Physics of Global Warming

sponsored by Friends of KITP

Quantum physics plays a crucial role in determining the climate of the Earth and other planets. Richard Feynman’s famous double slit experiment gives us the key to understanding climate and how it is changing. Professor Marston will use this physics to present a picture of what will happen to the Earth as the concentration of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide continue to increase in our atmosphere. He will also discuss ways that research at the KITP is contributing to a better understanding of climate change.

About the Speaker

BRAD MARSTON joined the Brown Physics Department in 1991. A graduate of Caltech, he received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1989. He did postdoctoral work at Cornell University and was a visiting scientist at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at UC Santa Barbara, a visiting professor at MIT, and a visiting associate at Caltech. Prof. Marston is an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and a recipient of a National Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation. In 2008, he was designated a NSF American Competitiveness and Innovation Fellow.

Brad enjoys hiking, backpacking, and daily yoga practice. He lives with his wife and daughter in Rhode Island where the bay, islands, and garden rocks that they dig up each year point to the fact that 20,000 years ago New England was buried under a mile of ice.