Karen Hallberg

Karen Hallberg
Hallberg in 2019
Born
Karen Astrid Hallberg

(1964-05-10) May 10, 1964 (age 60)
Rosario, Argentina
Alma materNational University of Rosario
National University of Cuyo
Balseiro Institute
AwardsL'Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science Laureate (2019)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Condensed matter
Numerical simulations[1]
InstitutionsBariloche Atomic Centre
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
Websitefisica.cab.cnea.gov.ar/solidos/personales/hallberg

Karen Astrid Hallberg (born May 10, 1964) is an Argentine scientist and professor of physics at the Balseiro Institute.[1][2][3] and at the Bariloche Atomic Centre. Se was awarded the 2019 L'Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science Laureate.[4]

Early life and education

Hallberg was born in Rosario, Argentina.[5] When she was two years old she moved with her family to San Salvador de Jujuy, where she received public education at the Belgrano School, the Escuela Normal and the Colegio Nacional de Jujuy.[6] She was known as “señorita por qué” ('Miss why'), and started an all-girls science club.[4] As a teenager Hallberg was a competitive tennis player.[7] [8] She began her studies in electronic engineering at the National University of Rosario. Hallberg earned a scholarship of the National Atomic Energy Commission to study at the Instituto Balseiro, National University of Cuyo, where she earned a degree in physics.[6] She worked alongside Francisco de la Cruz on the emerging field of superconductivity.[6] After completing her graduate degree, she started a doctorate in physics at the Balseiro Institute[9] under the supervision of Dr. Carlos Balseiro. For her doctoral studies Hallberg worked on computational models of quantum materials that demonstrate low dimensional magnetism and superconductivity.[6][10] When Hallberg arrived at the Bariloche Atomic Centre only 8% of the students were women.[5][11]

Research and career

After her PhD, Hallberg moved to Germany to work as a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (MPI-FKF) and at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS). Hallberg returned to the Bariloche Atomic Centre in 1997.[5] She has extensively developed computer simulations to understand quantum matter.[12] She is interested in emergent properties such as conductivity, superconductivity and magnetism.[12][13] Hallberg is a researcher at National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and led the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) condensed matter theory group at the Bariloche Atomic Center.[14][15] She is a Senior Associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)[16] and of the International Center for Theoretical Physics-South American Institute for Fundamental Research (ICTP-SAIFR). Hallberg worked on several numerical tools, including the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG), a numerical method that can be used for low-dimensional strongly correlated bosonic and fermionic systems.[17][18] She has studied superconductivity, magnetic order and spin-orbit coupling in complex materials and electronic transport in nanoscopic systems.[19][20][21] She has visited and collaborated with centers such as the Indian Institute of Sciences (Bangalore), Oxford University (UK), the London Center for Nanotechnology (UK), University of Augsburg (Germany), University of Fribourg (Switzerland), University of Boston and Argonne National Lab (US) and the University of Tokyo.

Advocacy and academic service

Hallberg has spoken for the need eliminate institutional barriers for women scientists, and for more support to be given to women.[6] She was awarded the 2019 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award.[22] She has also discussed the need for improved access to science for people from different socioeconomic backgrounds, as well as more recognition for teachers.[23] Hallberg is committed to nuclear disarmament, and is a council member of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs[24][25][26] and member of the Advisory Board of International Student Young Pugwash (ISYP). She is also committed to ethics in science and is a member of the Argentine Committee on Ethics in Science and Technology (CECTE). She currently is an International Councilor and Board Member of the American Physical Society (APS), member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Quantum Applications, member of the advisory board of the International Institute of Physics (Natal, Brazil), member of the Advisory Board of Papers in Physics and member of the Board of Directors of the Bunge and Born Foundation, and member of the Editorial Board of Physical Review Research (APS). She was Director of the Condensed Matter Department at the Atomic Center in Bariloche, editor of the journal Europhysics Letters,[27] member of the Board of Directors of the Aspen Science Center, Argentine representative and Board Chair of the Latin American Center of Physics (CLAF), Vice Chair of the Low Temperature Commission of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), member of the Argentine Physical Association (AFA) Steering Committee and coordinator of the Women in Physics and Ethics subcommittees and the representative of the Argentine Branch to the International Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (ICAM).

Awards and honors

Her awards and honors include:

  • Chair, Council of the Pugwash Conferences for Science and World Affairs
  • 2019 L'Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science Laureate[22][24][28][29]
  • Honorary member, Argentine Center for Engineering
  • Corresponding Member of the National Academy for Exact and Natural Sciences, Argentina[30]
  • Member, Latin American Academy of Sciences (ACAL)
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, National University of Jujuy, Argentina
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Siglo 21, Argentina
  • Honorable Mention by the Argentine Senate "Senator Domingo Faustino Sarmiento"[31]
  • Honorable Mention by the Argentine Senate ”Juana Azurduy de Padilla”[32]

Personal life

Hallberg is married to physicist Ingo Allekotte, with whom she has two children.[6] She plays the cello.[35]

Outreach

References

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  2. ^ Karen Hallberg publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  3. ^ Karen Hallberg's ORCID 0000-0002-3469-7112
  4. ^ a b c d e "The 2019 Laureates". fondationloreal.com. Foundation L'Oreal. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  5. ^ a b c "Jujeña, bella y científica". jujuyalmomento.com (in European Spanish). Jujuy Al Momento. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "No hay razón para que no haya paridad de género en las carreras de ciencia y tecnología". perfil.com. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  7. ^ Anon (2014). "Dos más dos, no siempre tiene que dar cuatro". clarin.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  8. ^ MBraillard (2023). "Fue Reina de los Estudiantes y le decían "La Atómica": Karen Hallberg, la argentina que hizo de su vida una ciencia". lanacion.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  9. ^ Anon (2019-03-15). "Mundo ciencia - Karen Hallberg: física argentina gana el premio L'Oréal Unesco 2019". es.rfi.fr (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  10. ^ "Karen Hallberg, la física argentina que ganó el premio L'Oréal-Unesco: "Hay que estimular a las niñas para que se hagan preguntas"". msn.com. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  11. ^ "Una argentina vuelve a ganar el premio "Por las mujeres en la ciencia "". lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  12. ^ a b "Argentine physicist receives 'Women in Science' UNESCO prize". batimes.com.ar. Buenos Aires Times. 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  13. ^ "Karen Hallberg : física argentina gana el premio L'Oréal Unesco 2019 - El Correo". elcorreo.eu.org. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  14. ^ "Ver Autor KAREN ASTRID, HALLBERG". ri.conicet.gov.ar. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
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  16. ^ "ICTP - Prize Honours Women in Science". ictp.it. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  17. ^ Hallberg, Karen (2006). "New Trends in Density Matrix Renormalization". Advances in Physics. 55 (5–6): 477–526. arXiv:cond-mat/0609039v1. Bibcode:2006AdPhy..55..477H. doi:10.1080/00018730600766432. S2CID 15508552.
  18. ^ Hallberg, Karen A. (1995). "Density-matrix algorithm for the calculation of dynamical properties of low-dimensional systems". Physical Review B. 52 (14): R9827–R9830. arXiv:cond-mat/9503094. Bibcode:1995PhRvB..52.9827H. doi:10.1103/physrevb.52.r9827. ISSN 0163-1829. PMID 9980124. S2CID 12533028.
  19. ^ De Martino, A.; Egger, R.; Hallberg, K.; Balseiro, C. A. (2002). "Spin-Orbit Coupling and Electron Spin Resonance Theory for Carbon Nanotubes". Physical Review Letters. 88 (20): 206402. arXiv:cond-mat/0110352. Bibcode:2002PhRvL..88t6402D. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.88.206402. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 12005586. S2CID 31245767.
  20. ^ Arrachea, L.; Aligia, A. A.; Gagliano, E.; Hallberg, K.; Balseiro, C. (1994). "Superconducting correlations in Hubbard chains with correlated hopping". Physical Review B. 50 (21): 16044–16051. Bibcode:1994PhRvB..5016044A. doi:10.1103/physrevb.50.16044. ISSN 0163-1829. PMID 9975976.
  21. ^ Rincón, Julián; Hallberg, K.; Aligia, A. A.; Ramasesha, S. (2009). "Quantum Interference in Coherent Molecular Conductance". Physical Review Letters. 103 (26): 266807. arXiv:0911.4193. Bibcode:2009PhRvL.103z6807R. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.103.266807. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 20366334. S2CID 487750.
  22. ^ a b Dorve, Ariel Gaster-Fabio Devin (2019-02-14). "4 Argentine Women We Fell in Love With this Week". thebubble.com. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  23. ^ "La física que fue reina de belleza". lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  24. ^ a b Anon (2013-12-16). "Pugwash Council". pugwash.org. Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  25. ^ Anon (2019-02-14). "Council member Karen Hallberg wins prestigious award". pugwash.org. Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  26. ^ Rotblat, Joseph (2001). Long Roads To Peace, The - Proceedings Of The Forty-eighth Pugwash Conference On Science And World Affairs. World Scientific. doi:10.1142/4639. ISBN 9789814491549.
  27. ^ Anon (2019). "New co-editors on board!". epletters.net. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  28. ^ "Professor Karen Hallberg is the Latin American winner of the 21st edition of the L'Oréal-UNESCO international awards for women in science". UNESCO.org. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  29. ^ "Investigadora del CONICET: Premio Internacional L'Oréal-UNESCO "Por las Mujeres en la Ciencia"" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  30. ^ www.e-dynamic.com.ar; dynamicIce. "ANCEFN - Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales". www.ancefn.org.ar. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  31. ^ "Honorable Senado de la Nación Argentina". senado.gov.ar (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  32. ^ ANBariloche. "Nuevos reconocimientos para la docente del Balseiro Karen Hallberg | ANB". www.anbariloche.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  33. ^ "Karen Hallberg fue declarada "Ciudadana Distinguida" de la ciudad de San Salvador". SOMOS JUJUY (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  34. ^ Anon (15 October 2017). "Una científica argentina, distinguida por EE.UU". infobae.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  35. ^ "Karen Hallberg: argentina doctora en física que estudia las propiedades cuánticas de los materiales (1/5)". france24.com (in European Spanish). France 24. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2019-03-24.