Douglas Stanford | |
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| Citizenship | United States |
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| Fields | Theoretical physics |
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| Thesis | Black Holes and the Butterfly Effect (2014) |
| Doctoral advisor | Leonard Susskind |
Douglas Stanford is an American theoretical physicist. He is an associate professor of physics at Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics of Stanford University.[1] His research interests include quantum gravity, quantum field theory and string theory. Stanford was awarded the 2018 New Horizons in Physics Prize by Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation for his work on improving the understanding of quantum mechanics of black holes via chaos theory.[2][3]
- ^ "Douglas Stanford | Institute for Theoretical Physics". sitp.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ University, Stanford (2017-12-03). "Douglas Stanford wins Breakthrough New Horizons Prize". Stanford News. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ "Breakthrough Prize – Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize Laureates – Douglas Stanford". breakthroughprize.org. Retrieved 2020-02-02.