Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski (born June 3, 1993) is an American theoretical physicist from Chicago who studies high energy physics.
She describes herself as "a proud first-generation Cuban-American & Chicago Public Schools alumna." She completed her undergraduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), earned her PhD from Harvard University and is a rising PCTS Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University.
According to Google Trends, Pasterski was the #3 Trending Scientist for all of 2017.
In 2015, she was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 Science list, named a Forbes 30 under 30 All Star in 2017, and returned as a judge in 2018 as part of Forbes' first ever all-female Science category judging panel.
She is known for her unusual list of accomplishments including a 5.00 undergraduate GPA from MIT.