Oversight Committee

The Oversight Committee oversees the activities of the Institute.  The Committee advises the FTPI director, the head of the School of Physics and Astronomy and the dean of the College of Science and Engineering. The Oversight Committee serves as a liaison between FTPI and the broader national and international theoretical physics community, as well as other sectors.

John Beacom

Co-chair

Director, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP)
Department of Physics and Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University

Premala Chandra

Member

Center for Materials Theory
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University

Bianca M. Fine

Co-chair

University of Minnesota
Fine Associates, Minneapolis, MN

Martin Greven

Member

Director, Center for Quantum Materials
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota

James Kakalios

Ex-officio

Head, School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Minnesota

Alex Kamenev

Ex-officio

Director, Fine Theoretical Physics Institute
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota

David Kaplan

Member

Institute for Nuclear Theory 
University of Washington

Subir Sachdev

Member

Hershel Smith Professor of Physics
Department of Physics, Harvard University

Evan Skillman

Member

Minnesota Institute of Astrophysics
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota

Dam T. Son

Member

Enrico Fermi Institute
James Franck Institute
Kadanoff Center for Theoretical Physics
Department of Physics, The University of Chicago

Daniel Spirn

Member

Director, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota

Former FTPI Oversight Committee Members