Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Areas of research: Quantum Fields and Strings
Overview
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski (PhD Harvard University, 2019) is a high energy theorist who joined the Perimeter faculty in 2021 after completing a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Princeton Centre for Theoretical Science. Her research prior to joining PI includes discovering infinite dimensional symmetry enhancements of the S-matrix, a new observable memory effect in gravity, and a framework for generalizing these features of infrared physics to other theories. As the founder and principal investigator of our new Celestial Holography Initiative, she is leading a team of amplitudes, mathematical physics, and quantum gravity researchers in a concerted effort to tackle the problem of uniting our understanding of spacetime with quantum theory by encoding our universe as a hologram.
Research Interests
Sabrina is part of our Quantum Fields and Strings group as well as founder and Principal Investigator of our Celestial Holography Initiative (CHI). She was the Lead Coordinator for Strings 2023 and is a Deputy Director of the newly formed Simons Collaboration on Celestial Holography.
Positions Held
- Deputy Director, Simons Collaboration on Celestial Holography, 2023-present
- Research Faculty, Perimeter Institute, 2022-present
- Joint Appointment, Perimeter Institute and Princeton University, 2021-2022
- Celestial Holography Initiative Founder, Celestial Holography Initiative, 2021-present
- Women in STEM Spokesperson, Procter & Gamble NYC, 2020
- Post-Doc with Principal Investigator Privileges, Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University, 2019-2022
- Futures Analyst, DE Shaw, NYC, 2019
- PhD candidate, The Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature, Harvard University, 2014-2019
- Researcher, CERN MIT-CMS, 2012-2013
- Aeronautical Engineer, Boeing Phantom Works, 2011
- Intern, NASA Kennedy Space Center, 2011
- Intern, Blue Origin LLC, 2009
- Founder, Sabrina Aircraft Manufacturing, 2005-present
Awards
- Simons Collaboration on Celestial Holography, Simons Foundation, 2023
- Deputy Director, Simons Collaboration on Celestial Holography, Simons Foundation, 2023
- IMSA Alumni Distinguished Leadership Award, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, 2019
- InStyle - Badass Woman, TIME Inc., 2018
- 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 (All Star), Forbes, 2017
- Physics 'Rising Star' Award, MIT, 2016
- 30 under 30 (Science), Forbes, 2015
- 2013 European Physical Society High Energy and Particle Physics Prize, MIT-CMS, 2013
- The Joel Matthew Orloff Award (highest graduating GPA), MIT Physics, 2013
- 2011 MIT Freshman Entrepreneurship Award, MIT, 2011
Recent Publications
- Jørstad, E., & Pasterski, S. (2026). A comment on boundary correlators: soft omissions and the massless S-matrix. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 43(6), 065013. doi:10.1088/1361-6382/ae4da3
- Moult, I., Narayanan, S. A., & Pasterski, S. (2025). Memory Correlators and Ward Identities in the 'in-in' Formalism. https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02825v1
- Asadi, V. R., Kuroiwa, K., Leung, D., May, A., Pasterski, S., & Waddell, C. (2025). Conditional disclosure of secrets with quantum resources. Quantum, 9, 1885. doi:10.22331/q-2025-10-16-1885
- May, A., Pasterski, S., Waddell, C., & Xu, M. (2025). Cryptographic tests of the python’s lunch conjecture. SciPost Physics, 19(4), 084. doi:10.21468/scipostphys.19.4.084
- Lima, C., Pasterski, S., & Waddell, C. (2025). On sufficient conditions for holographic scattering. https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26264v1
- Kulp, J., & Pasterski, S. (2025). Multiparticle states for the flat hologram. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2025(8), 91. doi:10.1007/jhep08(2025)091
- May, A., Pasterski, S., Waddell, C., & Xu, M. (2025). Cryptographic tests of the python's lunch conjecture. doi:10.21468/scipost.report.11681
- Guevara, A., Hu, Y., & Pasterski, S. (2025). Multiparticle contributions to the celestial OPE. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2025(7), 178. doi:10.1007/jhep07(2025)178
- May, A., Pasterski, S., Waddell, C., & Xu, M. (2025). Cryptographic tests of the python's lunch conjecture. doi:10.21468/scipost.report.11377
- Pasterski, S. (2025). A Chapter on Celestial Holography. In Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics (pp. 471-479). Elsevier. doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-95703-8.00108-7
- Kulp, J., & Pasterski, S. (2024). Multiparticle States for the Flat Hologram. https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.00462v1
- Jørstad, E., & Pasterski, S. (2024). A Comment on Boundary Correlators: Soft Omissions and the Massless S-Matrix. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2410.20296
- Ciambelli, L., Pasterski, S., & Tabor, E. (2024). Radiation in holography. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2024(9), 124. doi:10.1007/jhep09(2024)124
- Ciambelli, L., Pasterski, S., & Tabor, E. (2024). Radiation in Holography. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2404.02146
- Jørstad, E., Pasterski, S., & Sharma, A. (2024). Equating extrapolate dictionaries for massless scattering. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2024(2), 228. doi:10.1007/jhep02(2024)228
- Ball, A., Hu, Y., & Pasterski, S. (2024). Multicollinear singularities in celestial CFT. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2024(2), 219. doi:10.1007/jhep02(2024)219
- Hu, Y., & Pasterski, S. (2023). Detector operators for celestial symmetries. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(12), 35. doi:10.1007/jhep12(2023)035
- Pasterski, S. (2023). A Chapter on Celestial Holography. https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.04932v2
- Jørstad, E., Pasterski, S., & Sharma, A. (2023). Equating Extrapolate Dictionaries for Massless Scattering. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2310.02186
- Pasterski, S. (2023). A shorter path to celestial currents. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(5), 190. doi:10.1007/jhep05(2023)190
- Banerjee, S., & Pasterski, S. (2023). Revisiting the shadow stress tensor in celestial CFT. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(4), 118. doi:10.1007/jhep04(2023)118
- Jorge-Diaz, C., Pasterski, S., & Sharma, A. (2023). Celestial amplitudes in an ambidextrous basis. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(2), 155. doi:10.1007/jhep02(2023)155
- Pasterski, S. (2023). A comment on loop corrections to the celestial stress tensor. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(1), 25. doi:10.1007/jhep01(2023)025
Seminars
- Decoding a Celestial Hologram, Howard University, Washington, United States, 2026/04/04
- Decoding a Celestial Hologram, Howard University, Washington, United States, 2026/04/01
- Decoding a Flat Space Hologram, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla City, Mexico, 2026/03/02
- Insights into Scientific Writing: A Panel Discussion for Students and Postdocs, Training Programs (TEOSP), 2026/02/23, PIRSA:26020053
- Light Ray Operators and Celestial Holography, Harvard, 2026/02/11
- Light Ray Operators and Celestial Holography, Yale, 2026/02/10
- Routes to a Flat Space Hologram, CCUW*IP at UBC, 2026/01/31
- Generalized Entanglement Wedges and Holographic Scattering, Quantum Fields and Strings, 2025/12/02, PIRSA:25120046
- Decoding a Flat Space Hologram, UBC, 2025/10/21
- Swing Surfaces in AdS/CFT, QIQG 2025, 2025/06/23, PIRSA:25060005
- Lifting Swing Surfaces to AdS, Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University, 2025/05/08
- Lifting Swing Surfaces to AdS, Simons Foudation, 2025/04/18
- Lifting Swing Surfaces to AdS, UMichigan HET Seminar, 2025/04/04
- The 19th Kavli Asian Winter School on Strings, Particles and Cosmology, Sanya, 2025/01/13
- Lifting Swing Surfaces to AdS, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 2024/12/23
- Adventures in Flat Holography, Colloquium, 2024/11/27, PIRSA:24110082
- The IR Triangle, 2024/10/12
- Radiation in Holography IV, Simons Collaboration on Celestial Holography, 2024/06/18
- Radiation in Holography III, ICTP SAIFR, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2024/05/23
- The Celestial Hologram: From Stargazing to Quantum Gravity and Back, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Plainsboro Center, United States, 2024/04/10
- Multiparticle States in Celestial CFT, Adolfo Ibáñez University, Santiago, Chile, 2024/03/04
- Celestial Holography from Bottom-up to Top-down, Western Hemisphere Colloquium on Geometry and Physics, 2023/12/11
- Inversions, Shadows, and Extrapolate Dictionaries in CCFT, University of Oxford, Mathematical Institute, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2023/11/03
- Celestial Colliders, University of Oxford, Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2023/11/02
- From Celestial CFTs to Conformal Colliders and Back, University of Toronto, Physics, Toronto, Canada, 2023/10/06
- Elements of Celestial Holography, University of Warsaw, 2023/08/21
