Theodore A. (Ted) Jacobson

Theodore A. (Ted) Jacobson is a Professor of Physics at the Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park. He is affiliated with the Gravitation Theory Group and focuses on understanding the fundamental nature of spacetime through quantum gravity research.

• Office Address: Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-4111
• Email: jacobson@physics.umd.edu
• Phone: 301-405-6020 (office), 301-270-0078 (home)

Research Interests:

• Quantum gravity with emphasis on spacetime discreteness
• Lorentz symmetry violation constraints
• Black hole thermodynamics
• Preferred rest frame gravitational theory
• Analogy between condensed matter physics and general relativity

Teaching Activities:

• Intermediate Theoretical Methods (Phys 374)
• Introductory Mechanics (Phys 171)
• Oscillations and Waves (Phys 273)
• Quantum Mechanics I & II (Phys 622, Phys 623)
• Gravitation Theory (Phys 776)
• Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology (Phys 675)