Professor Lisa Randall studies theoretical particle physics and cosmology at Harvard University. Randall has had a public presence through her writing, lectures, and radio and TV appearances. Randall's books, Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions and Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World were both on the New York Times' list of 100 Notable Books of the Year. Higgs Discovery: The Power of Empty Space was released as a Kindle Single in the summer of 2012 as an update with recent particle physics developments.

Professor Randall was on the list of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" of 2007 and was one of 40 people featured in The Rolling Stone 40th Anniversary issue that year. Prof. Randall was featured in Newsweek's "Who's Next in 2006" as "one of the most promising theoretical physicists of her generation" and in Seed Magazine's "2005 Year in Science Icons." In 2008, Prof. Randall was among Esquire Magazine's "75 Most Influential People." April 23, 1:30-3:00pm, 30 JFK Street. Tickets are $5 and available here.