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* [[Dirac Medal]], 2008
* [[Dirac Medal]], 2008
* [[Pomeranchuk Prize]], 2012
* [[Pomeranchuk Prize]], 2012
* [[Fundamental Physics Prize]], 2012.<ref>[http://fundamentalphysicsprize.org/news.html New annual US$3 million Fundamental Physics Prize recognizes transformative advances in the field], FPP, accessed 1 August 2012</ref>
* [[Fundamental Physics Prize]], 2012.<ref>[http://fundamentalphysicsprize.org/news.html New annual US$3 million Fundamental Physics Prize recognizes transformative advances in the field] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803211628/http://www.fundamentalphysicsprize.org/news.html |date=2012-08-03 }}, FPP, accessed 1 August 2012</ref>
* Diamond [[Konex Award]] as the most important scientist in the last decade in Argentina, 2013
* Diamond [[Konex Award]] as the most important scientist in the last decade in Argentina, 2013


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Juan Maldacena
Born (1968-09-10) September 10, 1968 (age 55)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityArgentine, American
Alma materUniversidad Nacional de Cuyo, Princeton University
Known forAdS/CFT correspondence
AwardsDirac Medal
Pomeranchuk Prize
Fundamental Physics Prize
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsInstitute for Advanced Study
Doctoral advisorCurtis Callan

Juan Martín Maldacena (* September 10, 1968 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a theoretical physicist. Among his many discoveries, the most famous one is the most reliable realization of the holographic principle – namely the AdS/CFT correspondence,[1] the conjecture about the equivalence of string theory on Anti-de Sitter (AdS) space, and a conformal field theory defined on the boundary of the AdS space.[citation needed] In 2013, Maldacena co-authored an analysis of the 2012 black hole firewall paradox with Leonard Susskind, arguing that the paradox can be resolved if entangled particles are connected by minor wormholes."[2][3][4]

Biography

Maldacena obtained his licenciatura (a 6-year degree) in 1991 at the Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche, Argentina, under the supervision of Gerardo Aldazábal. He then obtained his Ph.D. at Princeton University under the supervision of Curtis Callan in 1996, and went on to a post-doctoral position at Rutgers University. In 1997, he joined Harvard University as associate professor, being quickly promoted to Professor of Physics in 1999. Since 2001 he has been a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey and in 2016 became the first Carl P. Feinberg Professor of Theoretical Physics in the Institute's School of Natural Sciences.

Awards

Maldacena has received these awards:

References

  1. ^ Juan Martin Maldacena (1998). "The Large N Limit of Superconformal Field Theories and Supergravity". Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. 2: 231–252. arXiv:hep-th/9711200. Bibcode:1998AdTMP...2..231M. doi:10.4310/atmp.1998.v2.n2.a1.
  2. ^ Overbye, Dennis (12 August 2013). "A Black Hole Mystery Wrapped in a Firewall Paradox". New York Times. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  3. ^ "The Firewall Paradox". New York Times. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  4. ^ Cool horizons for entangled black holes
  5. ^ "Meet the 1999 MacArthur Fellows". Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  6. ^ "Xanthopoulos International Award for research on Gravitational Physics".
  7. ^ "2004 Edward A. Bouchet Award Recipient: Juan M. Maldacena". Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  8. ^ New annual US$3 million Fundamental Physics Prize recognizes transformative advances in the field Archived 2012-08-03 at the Wayback Machine, FPP, accessed 1 August 2012
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