Arlie Petters

Arlie Petters
Arlie Petters
Born	Arlie Oswald Petters; February 8, 1964; Dangriga, Belize; (formerly Stann Creek Town, British Honduras)
Alma mater	Hunter College; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known for	Mathematical theory of gravitational lensing
Awards	Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship; NSF CAREER Award; Blackwell-Tapia Prize; Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
	Scientific career
Doctoral advisors	Bertram Kostant; David Spergel

Arlie Oswald Petters, MBE (born February 8, 1964) is a Belizean-American mathematical physicist, who is the Benjamin Powell Professor of mathematics and a professor of physics and economics at Duke University. Petters became the provost at New York University Abu Dhabi effective September 1, 2020. Petters is a founder of mathematical astronomy, focusing on problems connected to the interplay of gravity and light and employing tools from astrophysics, cosmology, general relativity, high energy physics, differential geometry, singularities, and probability theory. His monograph "Singularity Theory and Gravitational Lensing" developed a mathematical theory of gravitational lensing. Petters was also the dean of academic affairs for Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and associate vice provost for undergraduate education at Duke University (2016-2019).

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