Prof. Dr. Yaron Oz

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsElementary Particle Physics,Theoretical Physics
KeywordsQuantum field theory, Gravity, String theory

Current contact address

CountryIsrael
CityTel Aviv
InstitutionTel Aviv University
InstituteSchool of Physics and Astronomy

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Viatcheslav MukhanovSektion Physik - Theoretische Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Prof. Dr. Viatcheslav MukhanovArnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics (ASC), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2015

Programme(s)

2014Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award Programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Nominator's project description

Professor Yaron Oz is a world-reknowned theoretical physicist working in the research areas of quantum field theory, gravity and string theory. He made numerous important contributions to the study of strongly coupled supersymmetric gauge theories, D-branes physics, the holographic relation between quantum field theories and string theory, and the correspondence between fluid dynamics and black hole hydrodynamics.