Juan Maldacena

Juan Maldacena
Born (1968-09-10) 10 September 1968 (age 55)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityArgentine, American, Italian[2]
EducationBalseiro Institute (BS)
Princeton University (PhD)
Known forAdS/CFT correspondence
ER = EPR
ABJM superconformal field theory
AwardsAlfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship
Sackler Prize
MacArthur Fellowship
Xanthopoulos
Pius XI Medal
Dirac Medal
Pomeranchuk Prize
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Lorentz Medal
Albert Einstein Medal
St. Albert Award
Galileo Galilei Medal
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsInstitute for Advanced Study
Thesis Black Holes in String Theory [1]  (1996)
Doctoral advisorCurtis Callan

Juan Martín Maldacena (born 10 September 1968) is an Argentine theoretical physicist and the Carl P. Feinberg Professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.[3] He has made significant contributions to the foundations of string theory and quantum gravity. His most famous discovery is the AdS/CFT correspondence, a realization of the holographic principle in string theory.

  1. ^ "Black Holes in String Theory". Princeton University. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Curriculum Vitae: Juan Maldacena" (PDF). 2020.
  3. ^ "Juan Maldacena". Institute for Advanced Study. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

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