Prof. Dr. Ruben Minasian

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Physics,Elementary Particle Physics
Keywordsstring theory, flux compactifications, generalized geometry, dualities

Current contact address

CountryFrance
CityGif-sur-Yvette CEDEX
InstitutionCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA)
InstituteCEA Saclay - Service de Physique Theorique

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Stefan TheisenMax-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut), Golm
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2008

Programme(s)

2007Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Dr. Ruben Minasian has made ground breaking contributions to string theory which is currently the most promising unifying theory of all elementary particles and their interactions. His discoveries in the field of duality symmetries have opened a new door for their study. The classes of string compactifications which Dr. Minasian has studied bring us closer to modelling the real world, as observed in particle accelerators. Throughout his work Dr. Minasian has built bridges between mathematics and physics, from which both sides have greatly profited.