CTP People

Research interests are focused on the intersection of quantum information science and out-of-equilibrium dynamics of quantum many-body systems.

Interests are in strong interaction dynamics in theoretical particle and nuclear physics.

Research focuses on understanding the predictions and fundamental structure of quantum gravity via holography and the black hole information paradox.

Present interest is the theory of quantum computation.

Discovered supergravity at StonyBrook University with Sergio Ferrrara and Peter van Nieuwenhuizen in 1976.

Famous for the discovery of the Nambu–Goldstone boson. He is currently working on quantum computation.

In 1981, he proposed that many features of our universe can be explained by a new cosmological model which he called inflation.

Works on combining quantum mechanics and gravity, focusing on the quantum-mechanical aspects of black holes and cosmology.

His research focuses on quantum information and computing.

Renowned for his many fundamental contributions and discoveries in quantum and classical field theories.

Best known for his research on the quark substructure of matter.

Research focuses on early-universe cosmology, foundations of quantum theory, and history of modern physics.

Interested in issues in quantum gravity, such as the quantum nature of black holes and the Big Bang singularity, using the framework of string theory.

Research interest is quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the dynamics of quarks and gluons.

Interested in lattice field theory to solve QCD and thereby understand the structure of nucleons in terms of their quark and gluon constituents.

Probing the properties, microstructure and phase diagram of hot QCD matter, the primordial liquid.

Research focuses on particle and nuclear theory and applying machine learning to understand the fundamental interactions of nature.

Research focuses on dark matter – novel theoretical models, predicting observable signals, and analysis of astrophysical and cosmological datasets.

Designs and applies Effective Field Theories to describe physics at collider experiments and to explore the structure of quantum field theory.

Research is centered on basic theoretical questions related to quantum physics and gravity.

Research focuses on linking physics and machine learning: using AI for physics and physics for AI.

Theoretical particle physicist who fuses techniques from QFT and machine learning to address outstanding questions in fundamental physics.

Known for the discovery of asymptotic freedom, the development of quantum chromodynamics, the invention of axions, and more…

Researched and taught theoretical particle physics, critical phenomena and nuclear physics in the MIT Center for Theoretical Physics.

Contributed to the early work on the construction of open string field theory and then developed the field theory of closed strings.