Sabine Hossenfelder was born in Frankfurt on 18 September 1976. She gained a diploma (equivalent to an MSc) in physics/mathematics in 1997 and a PhD entitled ‘Black hole relics in large extra dimensions’ in 2004 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt.
Sabine’s postdoctoral work took her to the University of Arizona, and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. It was during this period that she began to develop her critical perspective on the culture and methodologies of modern theoretical physics. Her experiences navigating academia as a woman in a male-dominated field also informed her later advocacy for diversity in science.
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