Contributor Biography
Dr. Mann has a BSc in physics from McMaster University and an MSc and Ph.D from the University of Toronto. Currently a Professor of Physics at the University of Waterloo, he has been a visiting researcher at Harvard University, Cambridge University, and the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. He has received several awards, including most recently a Fulbright Fellowship, an award for Teaching Excellence from the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, and an Outstanding Referee Award from the American Physical Society.
A member of several advisory boards for different foundations, research institutes, and grant selection committees, he was chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo from 2001-2008. He is currently President of the Canadian Association of Physicists. His research interests are: black holes, cosmology, particle physics, quantum foundations, and quantum information.
