Theoretical physics: I am interested in applications of quantum field theory to problems which are either accessible to experimental tests in the foreseeable future, or help to illuminate qualitative features of physically motivated models. Specific topics of recent interest: quantum chromodynamics, dark energy, black holes, entropy bounds, particle physics beyond the standard model.

Information technology: I am interested in encryption and information security technologies. In 2000 I co-founded SafeWeb, a pioneer in SSL VPN appliances, acquired by Symantec in 2003. I am also co-founder and Chairman of the board of directors of Robot Genius, Inc., an Oakland-based information security startup.

I also occasionally dabble in the theory of modern finance. I am interested in options pricing, volatility, behavioral finance and market efficiency.





Curriculum Vitae



Address Department of Physics
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
Phone: (541)-346-5128
Email: hsu@uoregon.edu

Citizenship United States

Birthdate 1966

Education

1991 PhD, Physics, UC Berkeley

1989 MA, Physics, UC Berkeley

1986 BS, Physics, California Institute of Technology



Awards and Experience

1998-present Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor, University of Oregon

2005-present Co-founder and Chairman, Robot Genius, Inc.

2000-2003 Co-founder, CEO and Chairman, SafeWeb, Inc.

1999 JSPS (Japan Soc. Promotion Science) Visiting Fellow

1995-1997 Assistant Professor, Yale University

1993 SSC Fellowship

1991-1994 Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows

1990 Ettore Majorana, School of Subnuclear physics: `Best Student' Prize, Dirac Prize

1988-1991 U.S. DOE Graduate Fellowship

1988-1991 Victor E. Lenzen Scholarship, Dept. of Physics, UC Berkeley

1985-1986 Carnation Prize Fellowship, California Institute of Technology



Teaching Experience

2001- Astrophysics, Quantum field theory

1998-2000 Graduate-level quantum mechanics and particle physics, undergraduate general physics, University of Oregon

1995-1997 Graduate-level quantum mechanics, Yale University

1986-1988 Teaching assistant, undergraduate and graduate physics, UC Berkeley

1985-1986 Teaching assistant, methods of applied mathematics, Caltech