Smartest person in the world | Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, nickname PhysicsGirl

Among all the stars here comes the odd and the brightest one. Her name is  Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, nickname PhysicsGirl . She is an Amer...

Among all the stars here comes the odd and the brightest one. Her name is Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, nickname PhysicsGirl. She is an American Physicist pursuing her PhD in high energy physics from Harvard university.

Let’s chalk out some honest points why she is the smartest person in the world.

1. She published an article on discovery of the "spin memory effect" which may be used to detect/verify the net effects of gravitational waves. ref: "Spin memory effect for compact binaries in the post-Newtonian approximation"
2. She was granted academic freedom during her PhD. Pretty badass.
3. She published Pasterski-Strominger-Zhiboedov Triangle for EM in a 2015 solo paper that Stephen Hawking cited in early 2016.
4. She first caught the attention of the science world when she walked into MIT at the age of 14, seeking an approval for a single-engine plane she had built and already flown solo. In the words of Peggy Udden, an executive secretary at MIT, said, “I couldn't believe it, not only because she was so young, but a girl.”
5. Her research career includes working with NASA, Boeing Phantom Works, CERN etc.
6. Some of her accolades include:

• 2010, Illinois Aviation Trades Association Industry Achievement Award
• 2012, Scientific American 30 under 30
• 2012, Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Young Researcher
• 2013, MIT Physics Department Orloff Scholarship Award
• 2015, Forbes 30 under 30
• 2015, Hertz Foundation Fellowship
• 2017, Forbes 30 under 30 All Star
• 2017, Marie Claire Genius Award
• 2017, Silicon Valley Comic Con Headliner

7. Besides all this bad ass science stuff in her words she is “spotting elegance within the chaos” and “motorcycling, aircraft building and the best Speed Demon player around.”

A girl with love for Motorbikes and a passion for Physics is a deadly combination.

Looking at all this I would rank her in the top 5 of the smartest person in the world keeping in mind her effort for popularizing Physics among Women.

Some of her badass talents beside science Curriculum Vitae

LICENSES/CERTIFICATES

Industry Canada Radio Operators Certificate

Canadian Solo Flight Certificate

MIT Pirate's License (proficient in Sabre, Sailing, Pistol & Archery)

FAA Light Sport Aircraft Manufacturer

U.S. Solo Flight Permit

FAA Authorized Experimental Aircraft Test Pilot

Illinois Motorcycle License

If that doesn’t make her the smartest of this decade I don’t know which will.

P.S: She is my best best celebrity crush so far. But she has no social media except her updated website PhysicsGirl.com. Guess what she has a pretty cool motorbike image at her website. Thats sad!

Ref:

1. Wikipedia, Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski - Wikipedia
2. Meet PhysicsGirl, the Woman Who Could Be the next Einstein