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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Keywords | guage theory, quantum gravity, elementary particle theory, supersymmetrie, string theory |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Pasadena |
| Institution | California Institute of Technology |
| Institute | Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Hermann Nicolai | Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut), Golm |
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| Prof. Dr. Dieter Lüst | Department für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München |
| Prof. Dr. Albrecht Klemm | Physikalisches Institut, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn |
| Prof. Dr. Matthias Staudacher | Institut für Mathematik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/03/2009 |
Programme(s)
| 2008 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Ooguri has discovered hidden geometric structures in quantum field theories and string theory, exploiting them to invent new theoretical tools to investigate these theories. In particular, he developed the topological string theory and used it to provide insights into the mysterious quantum mechanical properties of black holes. In Germany, Professor Ooguri plans to study the foundation and applications of the AdS/CFT correspondence between gauge theories and string theory. |