Sergey Sibiryakov

Dr. Sergey Sibiryakov is an Associate Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, and an associate faculty member at the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario. He holds a PhD in Physics and Mathematics from the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INR RAS) and has held postdoctoral positions at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (2006–2008), and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, 2008–2010). His research focuses on theoretical high-energy physics, gravitational physics, and cosmology, with particular emphasis on dark matter, dark energy, quantum gravity, and the implications of Lorentz symmetry violation.

• Education:
• BSc and MSc in Physics and Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1999, 2001)
• PhD in Physics and Mathematics, INR RAS (2004)
• Key Research Themes:
• Quantum gravity and Hořava-Lifshitz gravity
• Cosmological structure formation and dark matter
• False vacuum decay and phase transitions
• Lorentz symmetry violation in gravity and particle physics
• Teaching:
• Recent courses: PHYSICS 747 (Special Topics in Theoretical Physics), 6E03/4E03 (Particle and Nuclear Physics), 3C03 (Analytical Mechanics), and 1D03 (Introductory Mechanics)
• Awards: None explicitly listed in the provided text.
• Labs/Teams: Active collaboration with the Perimeter Institute, focusing on theoretical cosmology and quantum gravity research.