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Laura Mersini-Houghton

1969 - Today

Laura Mersini-Houghton

Laura Mersini-Houghton (née Mersini) is an Albanian-American cosmologist and theoretical physicist, and professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a proponent of the multiverse hypothesis and the author of a theory for the origin of the universe that holds that our universe is one of many selected by quantum gravitational dynamics of matter and energy. Mersini-Houghton has claimed that her theory explains unusual astrophysical data. She argues that anomalies in the current structure of the universe are best explained as the gravitational tug exerted by other universes. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Laura Mersini-Houghton is the 851st most popular physicist (down from 846th in 2024), the 142nd most popular biography from Albania (down from 131st in 2019) and the most popular Albanian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Laura Mersini-Houghton ranks 851 out of 851. Before her are Katherine Freese, Giorgi Dvali, Sean M. Carroll, Robin Canup, Seth Lloyd, and Ashoke Sen. After her are Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, Rabia Salihu Sa'id, Nergis Mavalvala, Philip Kim, Canan Dağdeviren, and Jess Wade.

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Katherine Freese
1957 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 845
Giorgi Dvali
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 846
Sean M. Carroll
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 847
Robin Canup
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 848
Seth Lloyd
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 849
Ashoke Sen
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 850
Laura Mersini-Houghton
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 851
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski
1993 - Present
HPI: 40.11
Rank: 852
Rabia Salihu Sa'id
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 853
Nergis Mavalvala
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 854
Philip Kim
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 855
Canan Dağdeviren
1985 - Present
HPI: 38.47
Rank: 856
Jess Wade
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 857

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Laura Mersini-Houghton ranks 1,204. Before her are Sergi Pedrerol, Takayoshi Amma, Jennifer Kent, Luca Colombo, Pierre Turgeon, and Veronika Marchenko. After her are Sean Anders, Monica Dolan, Cathy Dennis, Diana Bianchedi, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Viktor Maigourov.

Others Born in 1969

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Sergi Pedrerol
ATHLETE
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 1,198
Takayoshi Amma
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 1,199
Jennifer Kent
FILM DIRECTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 1,200
Luca Colombo
CYCLIST
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 1,201
Pierre Turgeon
HOCKEY PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 1,202
Veronika Marchenko
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 1,203
Laura Mersini-Houghton
PHYSICIST
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 1,204
Sean Anders
FILM DIRECTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 1,205
Monica Dolan
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 1,206
Cathy Dennis
SINGER
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 1,207
Diana Bianchedi
ATHLETE
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.72
Rank: 1,208
Mary Robinette Kowal
WRITER
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 1,209
Viktor Maigourov
ATHLETE
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 1,210