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Archival as AuthorPublished as AuthorA. M. Polyakov
Dates
September 27, 1945 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Polyakov, A. M.
Additional Forms of Names
Polyakov, Alexander
Biography
Abstract
Alexander Polyakov is Joseph Henry Professor of Physics at Princeton University (1999-present). Other institutional affiliations include Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics. His research interests include quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and quantum gravity, string theory and gauge theories, critical phenomena, and turbulence.
Important Dates
September 27, 1945Birth, Moscow (Russia).
1969Obtained PhD, Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow (Russia).
1969 – 1989Professor of Physics, Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow (Russia).
1986Awarded Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society.
1989 – presentProfessor of Physics (1989-1999) and Joseph Henry Professor of Physics (1999-present), Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
2005Member, National Academy of Sciences.
2011Awarded Lars Onsager Prize, American Physical Society.
Occupation
High energy physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Migdal, A. B. (Arkadii Beinusovich), 1911-1991
PhD advisor at Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Colleagues
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Brinkman, William F. (William Frank), 1938-
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Dicke, Robert H. (Robert Henry)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Gross, David J. (David Jonathan)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Kaspi, Victoria Michelle, 1967-
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Taylor, Joseph H. (Joseph Hooton)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wightman, A. S. (Arthur Strong), 1922-2013
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics
Obtained PhD (1969). Professor of Physics.
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics and Joseph Henry Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1986 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics and 2011 Lars Onsager Prize.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Gibbs Symposium records, 1964-1989.
Manuscripts and Archives
Yale University Library
Box 208240, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Gravity Research Foundation essays and abstracts, 1949-2016.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA