Zohar Komargodski | |
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Born | 10 March 1983 | (age 41)
Alma mater | Tel-Aviv University Weizmann Institute of Science |
Known for | a-theorem |
Awards | Gribov Medal (2013) New Horizons in Physics Prize (2013) Sackler Prize (2018) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical physics |
Institutions | Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Stony Brook University Weizmann Institute of Science |
Thesis | (2008) |
Doctoral advisor | Ofer Aharony Micha Berkooz |
Zohar Komargodski (born 10 March 1983)[1][2] is an Israeli theoretical physicist who works on quantum field theory, including conformal field theories, gauge theories and supersymmetry.[3]
Komargodski received his Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute in 2008 and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton afterwards.[4][5] He currently holds a professor position at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics[6] at Stony Brook University in New York.