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'''Marcela Carena''' (born March 22, 1962 in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]) is a senior theoretical physicist at the [[Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory]].
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'''Marcela Silvia Carena Lopez''' is an Argentine theoretical physicist, and since November 2024 the Executive Director of the [[Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics]] in Waterloo, ON, Canada. Prior to taking this position she was a Distinguished Scientist at the [[Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory]] in [[Batavia, Illinois]], where she was Director of the lab's Theory Division. She is also a professor at the [[University of Chicago]], where she is a member of the [[Enrico Fermi Institute]] and the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Marcela Carena {{!}} Chicago Quantum Exchange |url=https://chicagoquantum.org/people/marcela-carena |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=chicagoquantum.org |language=en}}</ref>


== Background and education ==
== Early life and education ==


Marcela Carena was born in [[Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires, Argentina]], and grew up in the [[Villa Urquiza]] neighborhood. An only child, her father was an Italian immigrant who had immigrated to Argentina in the early 20th century, and her mother came from a Spanish family who had previously immigrated to Argentina.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-07-28 |title=From Buenos Aires to Bosons - Science Careers - Biotech, Pharmaceutic… |url=http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/3360/from_buenos_aires_to_bosons |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110728005103/http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/3360/from_buenos_aires_to_bosons |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-28 |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=archive.ph}}</ref>
Carena received her diploma in Physics from the [http://www.ib.edu.ar/ Instituto Balseiro] of Bariloche, Argentina in 1985, and her Ph.D. in Physics from the [http://www.uni-hamburg.de/ University of Hamburg] in 1989. She was a John Stuart Bell Fellow at [[CERN]] in 1993–95 and was awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship in 1996. She was elected a Fellow of the [[APS|American Physical Society]] in 2002.


Carena initially studied engineering at the [[Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires]], then studied philosophy at the [[University of Buenos Aires]], and finally received her diploma in physics from the [[Instituto Balseiro]] in [[Bariloche|Bariloche, Argentina]] in 1985. That same year, at the encouragement of [[Roberto Peccei|Robert Peccei]], Carena was offered a position at the [[University of Hamburg]] and at the [[DESY|DESY Laboratory]]. Carena received her PhD in high energy physics from the University of Hamburg in 1989.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Physics |first=American Institute of |date=2021-09-07 |title=Marcela Carena |url=https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/45869 |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.aip.org |language=en}}</ref>
As of 2008, Carena is both a senior scientist at [[Fermilab]] and a professor in the Physics Department and the [[Enrico Fermi Institute]] at the [[University of Chicago]].


== Research ==
== Career ==
After the completion of her PhD, Carena began a postdoctoral appointment at [[Purdue University]], where she worked with [[William A. Bardeen|William Bardeen]]. She then returned to Germany for another postdoc position at the [[Max Planck Institute for Physics]] in [[Munich|Munich, Germany]]. In 1993, she went to [[CERN]] in [[Geneva|Geneva, Switzerland]], as a [[John Stewart Bell]] Fellow.


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After three years at CERN, Carena was hired by Fermilab in an associate scientist position, and was later promoted to a full tenured scientist role. At Fermilab, Carena originated a visitor program which brings students from Latin America to [[Fermilab]] to pursue research projects with Fermilab theoretical physicists as part of their graduate education. In 2008, she began a formal teaching position at the University of Chicago.<ref name=":0" />
Carena's research is focused on models of new physics beyond the [[Standard Model]] and their manifestations in particle physics experiments. She explores possible connections between [[Higgs boson]], [[Supersymmetry]], Grand Unification, Flavor Physics and [[Dark Matter]]. For example, she has developed a particle physics model which explains the matter – anti-matter asymmetry of the universe (also known as [[baryogenesis]]). This model posits key super-symmetric particles, such as a light stop (scalar top) quark, as well as a relatively light Higgs boson. The [[LHC]] experiments should be able to test this model definitively.


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Carena was a general councilor of the [[American Physical Society]] (APS); chair of the Division of Particle and Fields of APS; and a member of the APS Committee on International Scientific Affairs. She is currently Chair-elect of the APS Forum on International Physics.<ref>{{cite web|title=APS Forum on International Physics|url=https://engage.aps.org/fip/home|accessdate=13 August 2024}}</ref> Carena is a former chair of the DPF Nominating Committee. She served on the [[Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel]] (P5) of the U.S. [[United States Department of Energy|DOE]]/[[National Science Foundation|NSF]] [[High Energy Physics Advisory Panel]] (HEPAP). From 2004 through 2019, Carena was a member of the Aspen Center for Physics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aspen Center for Physics |url=https://www.aspenphys.org/aboutus/governance/board/pastmembers.html |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=www.aspenphys.org}}</ref>
Carena works closely with experimental physicists. Her interest in experimental tests of theoretical models started with the e+e- [[LEP]] experiments at CERN, and include now the proton anti-proton experiments at the [[Tevatron]] and the proton-proton experiments at the [[LHC]]. Her goal is to develop experimental tests of the latest theoretical ideas for the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking, which is purported to be responsible for the masses of the fundamental particles. Recently she has demonstrated the complementary interplay of direct searches for [[Dark Matter]] and searches for Higgs bosons in collider experiments.


In 2021 she was appointed as a member of the Argentinian Academy of Exact, Physical, and Natural Sciences.<ref> {{cite web |title=Fermilab scientist Marcela Carena appointed as member of the Argentinian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences |date=18 November 2021 |url=https://news.fnal.gov/2021/11/fermilab-scientist-marcela-carena-appointed-as-member-of-the-argentinian-academy-of-exact-physical-and-natural-sciences/}}</ref>
== Professional activities ==
In 2022 she received the Distinguished Scientist Fellow award from the [[U.S. Dept. of Energy]] Office of Science.
<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=2022 Distinguished Scientist Fellow awards|url=https://www.energy.gov/science/articles/department-energy-announces-two-2022-office-science-distinguished-scientist|accessdate=13 August 2024}}</ref>


Carena frequently delivers public lectures.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Unseen Universe | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALsxesmHZ_Q&t=13s}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Exploring Our Universe: The Smallest, The Biggest; The Evident, The Invisible | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK5J4TAfEuM |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/JK5J4TAfEuM |archive-date=2021-12-21}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She was featured in the 2008 documentary film [https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/atomsmashers/ The Atom Smashers].
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Carena is a General Councillor of the [[American Physical Society]] (APS) and a member of the APS Committee on International Scientific Affairs. She is a former member of the Executive Committee for the APS Division of Particles and Fields (DPF) and a former chair of the DPF Nominating Committee. She served on the Particles Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5) of the U.S. [[United States Department of Energy|DOE]]/[[National Science Foundation|NSF]] [http://www.science.doe.gov/hep/panels/hepap.shtml High Energy Physics Advisory Panel] (HEPAP).


== Research ==
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Carena originated a visitor program which brings students from Latin America to [[Fermilab]] so that they can pursue research projects with Fermilab theoretical physicists as part of their graduate education.


Carena's research is focused on models of [[physics beyond the Standard Model|new physics]] beyond the [[Standard Model]] and their manifestations in particle physics experiments, including on topics such as [[Higgs physics]], [[supersymmetry]], [[dark matter]], and electroweak [[baryogenesis]].<ref name=":1" /> Since 2018 she is the principal investigator of a national consortium developing methods to achieve [[quantum simulation]] of foundational problems in particle physics. <ref>{{cite web|title=Department of Energy awards Fermilab more than $10 million for quantum science|url=https://news.fnal.gov/2018/09/department-of-energy-awards-fermilab-more-than-10-million-for-quantum-science|accessdate=13 August 2024}}</ref> This research is supported by the
Carena frequently delivers public lectures in conjunction with professional workshops in the Fermilab area and elsewhere. She was featured in the 2008 documentary film [http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/atomsmashers The Atom Smashers].
QuantISED program of the U.S. Dept. of Energy Office of High Energy Physics.<ref>{{cite web|title=HEP Quantum Information Science|url=https://science.osti.gov/hep/Research/Quantum-Information-Science-QIS|accessdate=13 August 2024}}</ref>


== Awards ==
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Dr. Carena is married to the theoretical physicist [[Carlos E.M. Wagner]].

* [[John Stewart Bell]] Fellow at [[CERN]], 1993-95
* [[Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions|Marie Curie Fellow]], 1996
* [[American Physical Society]] Fellow since 2002
* Research Award from the [[Alexander von Humboldt Foundation]], 2013
* Simons Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the [[Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics]], 2013<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcela Carena {{!}} Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics {{!}} The University of Chicago |url=https://kavlicosmo.uchicago.edu/people/profile/marcela-carena/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=kavlicosmo.uchicago.edu}}</ref>
* 2022 Distinguished Scientist Fellow award from the [[U.S. Dept. of Energy]] Office of Science.<ref name=":2" />

== Personal life ==

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Carena married theoretical physicist [[Carlos E.M. Wagner]] in 1985. They have two children.<ref name=":0" />


==Publications==
==Publications==

Dr. Carena's publications are available on the SPIRES HEP Literature Database [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/hep/].
* Dr. Carena's publications on the [[INSPIRE-HEP]] Literature Database [http://inspirehep.net/].
* [https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/marcela-carena/ Articles by Marcela Carena in ''Scientific American'']

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/45869 Oral history interview transcript with Marcela Carena on 3 March 2021, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives]
*[http://home.fnal.gov/~carena/ Dr. Carena's website at Fermilab]
*[http://home.fnal.gov/~carena/ Dr. Carena's website at Fermilab]
*[http://theory.fnal.gov/ Fermilab Theory Department homepage]
*[http://theory.fnal.gov/ Fermilab Theory Division homepage]
*[http://theory.fnal.gov/latin.html Fermilab Program for Latin American Students]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080920114744/http://theory.fnal.gov/latin.html Fermilab Program for Latin American Students]
*[http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/atomsmashers The Atom Smashers]
*[https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/atomsmashers/ The Atom Smashers]
*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7374458/page/2/ '''MSNBC''' : ''Women explore the frontiers of physics'' ]
*[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7374458 '''MSNBC''' : ''Women explore the frontiers of physics'' ]{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
*[http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/3360/from_buenos_aires_to_bosons Profile in '''Science''' (AAAS), ''From Buenos Aires to Bosons'']
*[https://archive.today/20110728005103/http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/3360/from_buenos_aires_to_bosons Profile in '''Science''' (AAAS), ''From Buenos Aires to Bosons'']
*[https://inspirehep.net/author/profile/Marcela.Carena.1 Scientific publications of Marcela Carena] on [[INSPIRE-HEP]]

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Latest revision as of 03:16, 26 November 2024

Marcela Carena
Born
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citizenship
  • Argentina
  • Italy
  • United States
Alma materBalseiro Institute
University of Hamburg
Known forTheory and phenomenology of the Higgs boson, supersymmetry, and electroweak baryogenesis; quantum simulation for particle physics.
Scientific career
FieldsParticle physics
InstitutionsPerimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; other affiliations: University of Chicago, Fermilab
Doctoral advisorRoberto Peccei

Marcela Silvia Carena Lopez is an Argentine theoretical physicist, and since November 2024 the Executive Director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, ON, Canada. Prior to taking this position she was a Distinguished Scientist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, where she was Director of the lab's Theory Division. She is also a professor at the University of Chicago, where she is a member of the Enrico Fermi Institute and the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics.[1]

Early life and education

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Marcela Carena was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and grew up in the Villa Urquiza neighborhood. An only child, her father was an Italian immigrant who had immigrated to Argentina in the early 20th century, and her mother came from a Spanish family who had previously immigrated to Argentina.[2]

Carena initially studied engineering at the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, then studied philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires, and finally received her diploma in physics from the Instituto Balseiro in Bariloche, Argentina in 1985. That same year, at the encouragement of Robert Peccei, Carena was offered a position at the University of Hamburg and at the DESY Laboratory. Carena received her PhD in high energy physics from the University of Hamburg in 1989.[3]

Career

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After the completion of her PhD, Carena began a postdoctoral appointment at Purdue University, where she worked with William Bardeen. She then returned to Germany for another postdoc position at the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich, Germany. In 1993, she went to CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, as a John Stewart Bell Fellow.

After three years at CERN, Carena was hired by Fermilab in an associate scientist position, and was later promoted to a full tenured scientist role. At Fermilab, Carena originated a visitor program which brings students from Latin America to Fermilab to pursue research projects with Fermilab theoretical physicists as part of their graduate education. In 2008, she began a formal teaching position at the University of Chicago.[3]

Carena was a general councilor of the American Physical Society (APS); chair of the Division of Particle and Fields of APS; and a member of the APS Committee on International Scientific Affairs. She is currently Chair-elect of the APS Forum on International Physics.[4] Carena is a former chair of the DPF Nominating Committee. She served on the Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5) of the U.S. DOE/NSF High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP). From 2004 through 2019, Carena was a member of the Aspen Center for Physics.[5]

In 2021 she was appointed as a member of the Argentinian Academy of Exact, Physical, and Natural Sciences.[6] In 2022 she received the Distinguished Scientist Fellow award from the U.S. Dept. of Energy Office of Science. [7]

Carena frequently delivers public lectures.[8][9] She was featured in the 2008 documentary film The Atom Smashers.

Research

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Carena's research is focused on models of new physics beyond the Standard Model and their manifestations in particle physics experiments, including on topics such as Higgs physics, supersymmetry, dark matter, and electroweak baryogenesis.[1] Since 2018 she is the principal investigator of a national consortium developing methods to achieve quantum simulation of foundational problems in particle physics. [10] This research is supported by the QuantISED program of the U.S. Dept. of Energy Office of High Energy Physics.[11]

Awards

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Personal life

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Carena married theoretical physicist Carlos E.M. Wagner in 1985. They have two children.[3]

Publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Marcela Carena | Chicago Quantum Exchange". chicagoquantum.org. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  2. ^ "From Buenos Aires to Bosons - Science Careers - Biotech, Pharmaceutic…". archive.ph. 28 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Physics, American Institute of (7 September 2021). "Marcela Carena". www.aip.org. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  4. ^ "APS Forum on International Physics". Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Aspen Center for Physics". www.aspenphys.org. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Fermilab scientist Marcela Carena appointed as member of the Argentinian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences". 18 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b "2022 Distinguished Scientist Fellow awards". Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  8. ^ "The Unseen Universe". YouTube.
  9. ^ "Exploring Our Universe: The Smallest, The Biggest; The Evident, The Invisible". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Department of Energy awards Fermilab more than $10 million for quantum science". Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  11. ^ "HEP Quantum Information Science". Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Marcela Carena | Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics | The University of Chicago". kavlicosmo.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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