Stella Schindler

I am a theoretical physicist working to strengthen our toolbox of analytical and numerical techniques for understanding and harnessing the power of the natural world. My central interest is quantum chromodynamics (QCD), a mathematical theory describing subatomic particles called quarks and gluons, which are the building blocks of everyday particles like protons and neutrons. I also work on problems relevant to optics and condensed matter (materials) physics. While these fields may have vastly different objectives, their mathematical descriptions have synergistic overlap.

Currently, I am a Hoffman Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory. There, my advisor is Chris Lee in Theoretical Division T-2. I am also a long-term visitor at Harvard, hosted by the high energy theory and artificial intelligence (AI) group of Matt Schwartz, and I am a regular at the MIT CTP-LI. Previously I was a long-term visitor at WashU, hosted by nuclear theorist Mike Ogilvie and condensed matter theorist Zohar Nussinov. 

Prior to joining Los Alamos, I earned my Ph.D. at MIT as a National Science Foundation fellow and five-year MIT Physics Department fellow, advised by Iain Stewart. My thesis was recognized with the Sakurai Dissertation Award from the American Physical Society. I received my A.M. and A.B. at Washington University in St. Louis as a full-ride Compton Fellow, advised by Carl Bender.