John H. Brodie
| John Hartley Brodie | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Died | January 28, 2006 (aged 35–36) Brattleboro, Vermont |
| Occupation | Theoretical physicist |
John Hartley Brodie (1970 – January 28, 2006), was an American theoretical physicist specializing in string theory. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder after a psychotic episode in 2002, he left academia in 2004.
Brodie was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to the British born Quaker biochemists Angela Hartley Brodie and Harry Brodie. His grandfather Herbert Hartley had also been a biochemist. He was raised in Columbia, Maryland, where he graduated from Atholton High School. Brodie received bachelor's and master's degrees in physics from Cornell University in 1991 and 1992, respectively. He took one year off to travel the world, mainly in the Far East, where he developed an interest in Eastern philosophies and religions. He returned to doctoral studies at Princeton University, receiving a Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 1998.
Brodie accepted post-doctorate offers first at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and in 2001 at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. One of the first postdoctoral researchers at Perimeter institute, Brodie's work was notable for its breadth, ranging from non-perturbative effects in supersymmetric gauge theories to string theoretic descriptions of quantum Hall fluids and of inflationary cosmology. During his short career, he published fifteen articles in peer-review journals, many of which have proven to be influential. In 2002, Brodie had a psychotic episode and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He tried taking medication, but searched for an alternative to mainstream medicine.
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