Ed Bertschinger, PhD

 

 

ARROWS External Advisory Board Member

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Ed Bertschinger, PhD
Professor of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Ed Bertschinger is a Professor of Physics at MIT with an affiliation in the Program in Women’s and Gender Studies. He is a scholar-activist-administrator for diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education. Ed served as MIT’s inaugural Community and Equity Officer from 2013-2018 and has served on numerous national committees and task forces on equity in physics and astronomy. During 2007-2013 he was Physics Department Head at MIT. He is a theoretical astrophysicist whose research lies in cosmology, gravitation, and numerical methods, and whose passion lies in shifting the culture of STEM fields to be inclusive and equitable for everyone. He is a Fellow of the AAAS and has won the MIT MLK Leadership Award, the Outstanding Freshman Advisor Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and many other awards. Since 2010 he has served on the BU GWISE Advisory Board.