The Journal of Young Investigators: An Undergraduate, Peer-Reviewed Science Journal
Courtney Peterson
Chair of the Board of DirectorsPhysics Ph.D.Harvard University, expected 2010
peterson at removeme.jyi.org
Ms. Courtney M. Peterson is a Ph.D. candidate in the Physics Department at Harvard University. Supported formerly by an National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship and currently by an National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, she studies theoretical cosmology, with an emphasis on inflationary models. She is also a Fellowships Tutor and Resident Tutor at Harvard, and has been been a Teaching Fellow, for which she received a Harold T. White Prize for Excellence in Teaching from the Physics Department. While on a Marshall Scholarship, Courtney received a M.Sc. in Science Communication from Imperial College London (2004) and the equivalent of a Master's degree in theoretical physics at Cambridge University (CASM, 2003; Part III of the Math Tripos). Courtney served on JYI's Executive Management from 1999-2004 as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Technical Officer, Editor-in-Chief, and Chief Executive Officer, and was an Associate Editor previously. She is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors.