✎ education [Jesse Thaler]

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====== Curriculum Vitae ======

See my [[cv]].

====== Graduate Curriculum ======

Harvard University, A.M. (June 2004), Ph.D. (June 2006) 

===== Coursework ======

Phys 210 : 	General Relativity (Prof. Strominger)\\
Phys 211 : 	Black Holes (Prof. Strominger)\\
Phys 232a : 	Electromagnetism (Prof. Golovchenko)\\
Phys 247r : 	Laboratory Course in Contemporary Physics (Prof. Pershan)\\
Phys 251a : 	Quantum Mechanics A (Prof. Marcus)\\
Phys 251b : 	Quantum Mechanics B (Prof. Marcus)\\
Phys 253a : 	Quantum Field Theory A (Prof. Coleman)\\
Phys 253b : 	Quantum Field Theory B (Prof. Arkani-Hamed)\\
Phys 262 : 	Statistical Physics (Prof. Nelson)\\
Phys 264 : 	Symmetries in Physics (Prof. Jaffe)\\
Phys 287a : 	String Theory (Prof. Minwalla)\\

===== Oral Exam Committee ======
Nima Arkani-Hamed\\
Andrew Foland\\
Shiraz Minwalla\\

Exam Passed: May 2004

===== Thesis Committee =====
Nima Arkani-Hamed\\
Melissa Franklin\\
Howard Georgi\\

Thesis Title:  "Symmetry Breaking at the Energy Frontier"\\
Thesis Defense: May 2006

====== Undergraduate Curriculum ======

Brown University, Sc.B. Math/Physics (May 2002)

===== Physics =====

PH 7 : 	Analytical Mechanics (Prof. Maris)\\
PH 8 : 	Intro to Quantum Mechanics & Special Relativity (Prof. Pelcovits)\\
PH 25 : 	Intro to Cosmology (Prof. Brandenberger)\\
PH 47 : 	Electricity & Magnetism (Prof. Pelcovits)\\
PH 50 : 	Advanced Classical Mechanics (Prof. Tan)\\
PH 56 : 	Experiments in Modern Physics (Prof. Landsberg)\\
PH 141 : 	Quantum Mechanics A (Prof. Maris)\\
PH 142 : 	Quantum Mechanics B (Prof. Jevicki)\\
PH 151 : 	Advanced Electricity & Magnetism (Prof. Partridge)\\
PH 153 : 	Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (Prof. Lowe)\\
PH 198 : 	Senior Thesis (Prof. Jevicki)\\
PH 199 : 	Reading Course on Field Theory (Prof. Jevicki)\\
PH 262 : 	Intro to String Theory (Prof. Jevicki)\\

===== Mathematics =====

MA 35 : 	Multivariable Calculus (Prof. Linden, visiting)\\
MA 54 : 	Linear Algebra (Prof. Banchoff)\\
MA 106 : 	Differential Geometry (Prof. Banchoff)\\
MA 112 : 	Partial Differential Equations (Prof. Pipher)\\
MA 126 : 	Complex Analysis (Prof. Yang, visiting)\\
MA 153 : 	Abstract Algebra (Prof. Lubin, emeritus)\\
MA 113 : 	Calculus on Manifolds (Prof. Lawrence, visiting)\\
MA 156 : 	Number Theory (Prof. Rosen)\\

===== Other =====

CS 15 : 	Introduction to Object Oriented Programming (Prof. van Dam)\\
UC 134 : 	Issues in Higher Education (Prof. Stultz)\\
 	 
EC 31 : 	Economics of Aging (Prof. Lumsdaine)\\
ED 150 : 	Urban School Reform (Prof. Hoffman)\\
HI 142 : 	Soviet History (Prof. Gleason)\\
HI 197 : 	Race and Ethnicity in Brazilian History (Prof. Skidmore)\\
 	 
PL 8 : 	Existential Philosophy (Prof. Reginster)\\
RS 88 : 	Women in Islam (Prof. Zaman)\\
CO 141 : 	Japanese Theatre (Prof. Viswanathan)\\
GM 145 : 	Faust (Prof. Goodman)\\
HA 85 : 	Modern Architecture (Prof. Zandi-Sayek)\\