Stella Schindler

I am a theoretical particle physicist investigating the fundamental nature of the matter all around us. In particular, my research explores the dynamic inner structure of the proton, which is filled with a sea of smaller particles called quarks and gluons zipping around. I also study other phases of matter that these quarks and gluons form at extreme temperatures and pressures. 

More specifically, I focus on strengthening our toolbox of analytic and numerical techniques for understanding quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of quarks, gluons, and the strong force that binds them into hadrons (composite particles like the proton). I develop and utilize a wide range of tools to map out both the inner structure of hadrons and QCD phase structure, including in effective field theory (EFT), non-Hermitian and PT-symmetric physics, perturbative methods, and lattice gauge theory. As a side pursuit, I also work on optics.

Currently, I am a Hoffman Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory. I earned my Ph.D. at MIT as an NSF Fellow and five-year Physics Department fellow, advised by Iain Stewart. I received my A.M. and A.B. at Washington University in St. Louis as a full-ride Compton Fellow, advised by Carl Bender.