Keith Olive

He/Him/His

Gloria Becker Lubkin Chair in Theoretical Physics, William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute

Distinguished McKnight University Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy

Member, Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics

Contact

olive@umn.edu

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Keith Olive

He/Him/His

Gloria Becker Lubkin Chair in Theoretical Physics, William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute

Distinguished McKnight University Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy

Member, Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics

Research

Research Interests:

Astrophysics

Cosmology

High Energy Physics

Theoretical Physics

Accepting new graduate research students

My research is in the area of particle physics and cosmology. The main topics on which I work are: big bang nucleosynthesis, which is an explanation of the origin of the light element isotopes through 7Li; particle dark matter; big bang baryogenesis, which is an explanation of the matter-antimatter asymmetry observed in nature; and inflation which is a theory constructed to resolve many outstanding problems in standard cosmology.

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Research Groups

High Energy Theory

Particle Data Group (PDG)

Biography

Education

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1981

M.S., University of Chicago, 1978

B.S., University of Chicago, 1978

Scientific & Professional Societies

Fellow, American Physical Society

Publications & Awards

Honors and Awards

Distinguished McKnight University Professor, 1998-present
Hans A. Bethe Prize, 2018
Fellow, American Physical Society, 2003
Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1987-94
George A. Taylor Research Award, 1988