Sabine Hossenfelder

Sabine Hossenfelder
Sabine Hossenfelder
	Hossenfelder in 2017
Born	Frankfurt, West Germany
Alma mater	Goethe University Frankfurt (Diploma, 1997; Dr. phil. nat., 2003)
	Scientific career
Fields	Quantum gravity, Black holes
Institutions	GSI Helmholtz Centre, Darmstadt (post-doc); University of Arizona (post-doc); UC Santa Barbara (post-doc); Perimeter Institute, Canada (post-doc); NORDITA (assistant professor, 2009–2015); FIAS (research fellow, 2015–2023); LMU Munich, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (2023–2025);
Thesis	Schwarze Löcher in Extra-Dimensionen : Eigenschaften und Nachweis (2003)
Doctoral advisor	Horst Stöcker
YouTube information
Channel	Sabine Hossenfelder;
Years active	2007–present
Genre	Science communication
Subscribers	1.7 million
Views	293 million
	Last updated: 27 April 2025

Sabine Karin Doris Hossenfelder is a German theoretical physicist, science communicator, writer and YouTuber. After working as an academic physicist for two decades, Hossenfelder rose to prominence on YouTube in the early 2020s, gaining over 1.7 million subscribers by 2025. Hossenfelder is known for her controversial criticism of modern physics research.