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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorJuan Martin Maldacena
Dates
September 10, 1968 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Maldacena, Juan Martin, 1968-
Biography
Abstract
Juan Martin Maldacena is Carl P. Feinberg Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Institute of Advanced Study (2001-present). Other institutional affiliations include Harvard University and Rutgers University. His research interests include quantum gravity and string theory.
Important Dates
September 10, 1968Birth, Buenos Aires (Argentina).
1991Obtained Licenciatura, Universidad de Cuyo, Instituto Balseiro, San Carlos de Bariloche (Argentina).
1996Obtained PhD, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1996 – 1997Research Associate, Rutgers University.
1997 – 2001Visiting Associate Professor (1997-1997); Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor (1998-1998); and Professor of Physics (1999-2001), Harvard University.
1999Fellowship, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
2001 – presentCarl P. Feinberg Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (N.J.).
2007Awarded Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society.
2013Member, National Academy of Sciences.
Occupation
Theoretical physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
San Carlos de Bariloche (Argentina)
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
PhD advisor at Princeton University, "Black Holes in String Theory."
Hofman, Diego M., 1980-
Advised by Maldacena at Princeton University, "String Theory on five dimensional Anti de Sitter space-times: Fundamental aspects and applications."
Lin, Hai
Advised by Maldacena at Princeton University, "BPS geometry, AdS/CFT, and string theory."
Maoz, Liat
Advised by Maldacena at Harvard University, "Supersymmetric configurations in the rotating D1-D5 system and pp-waves."
Pimentel, Guilherme Leite
Advised by Maldacena at Princeton University, "Cosmological perturbations in inflation and in de Sitter space."
Zhiboedov, Alexander
Advised by Maldacena at Princeton University, "Aspects of Higher Spin Symmetry and its Breaking."
Colleagues
Both employed at Rutgers University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Rutgers University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Rutgers University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Rutgers University.
Additional
Institutions
Major Positions
Harvard University. Department of Physics
Visiting Associate Professor; Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor; and Professor of Physics.
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
Carl P. Feinberg Professor.
Rutgers University. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Research Associate.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 2007 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics.
Instituto Balseiro
Obtained Licenciatura (1991).
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Fellowship.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD (1996).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Science and the ultimate reality [computer file] : celebrating the vision of John Archibald Wheeler and taking it forward into a new center of discovery / 2002 March 15-18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Oral history interview with Joseph Polchinski, 2009 March 18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Interview with Juan Maldacena at The Official String Theory Web Site