Lawrence Krauss

Si Lawrence Maxwell Krauss (born May 27, 1954) ay isang Amerikanong-Canadian na pisikong teoretikal at pisikong pang kosmolohiya sa Arizona State University, Yale University, and Case Western Reserve University. Itinatag niya ang Origins Project ng ASU na tinatawg ngayong ASU Interplanetary Initiative upang imbestigahan ang mga pundamental na tanong tungkol sa uniberso at nagsilbing direktor ng proyektor.^[2]

Lawrence Krauss
Krauss at Ghent University in 2013
Kapanganakan	Lawrence Maxwell Krauss (1954-05-27) 27 Mayo 1954 (edad 69) New York City, U.S.
Nasyonalidad	American Canadian
Nagtapos	Carleton University Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kilala sa	Dark energy Zero-energy states
Asawa	Katherine Kelley (k. 1980–2012) Nancy Dahl (k. 2014)
Parangal	Andrew Gemant Award (2001) Lilienfeld Prize (2001) Science Writing Award (2002) Oersted Medal (2004) Richard Dawkins Award (2016)
Karera sa agham
Larangan	Theoretical physics Cosmology
Institusyon	Arizona State University Australian National University New College of the Humanities Yale University Case Western Reserve University Harvard University
Tesis	Gravitation and Phase Transitions in the Early Universe (1982)
Doctoral advisor	Roscoe Giles[1]
Lawrence Krauss Voice recorded in March 2017
Website	krauss.faculty.asu.edu

Si Krauss ay tagapagtaguyod ng pag-unawa sa siyensiya batay sa tamang datong empirikal, siyentipikong skeptisimo, at edukasyong siyensiya. Isa sa siyang anti-teista at naid alisin ang itinuturing niyang superstisyon at dogma ng relihiyon sa kulturang popular.^[3]

Ang kanyang mabentang mga aklat ay kinabibilang nga The Physics of Star Trek (1995) at ang A Universe from Nothing (2012), at naging pinuno ng Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Board of Sponsors.

Sa pag-iimbestiga tungol sa hindi mabuting pag-aasal na seksuwal kay Krauss, nalaman ng ASU na nilabag ang patakaran ng Origins Project directorship sa ikatlong termino noong Hulyo 2018.^[4] Krauss continued as a Professor at ASU until retiring in May 2019. He currently serves as President of The Origins Project Foundation^[5] and as host of The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss.^[6]