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Teaching Affiliations
University of Waterloo PhD students who wish to be supervised by Perimeter Institute faculty normally apply through the PSI program. To apply directly to a PhD program, students should submit an application to the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Waterloo. Students interested in pursuing an MSc degree should apply to Perimeter Institute's PSI program .
Research Interests
My research focuses on the nonperturbative dynamics of gauge theories and string theory, uncovering the physics and mathematics underlying dualities in gauge theories and string theory and nonperturbative, holographic formulations of quantum gravity.
Positions Held
  • Investigador Asociado, IFT, Madrid, 2014-present
  • Adjunct Professor, University of Western Ontario, 2013-present
  • Adjunct Professor, University of Waterloo, 2005-present
  • Sherman Fairchild Senior Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 2002-2004
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 1999-2002
Awards
  • CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Canadian Association of Physicists, 2019
  • Early Researcher Award, Ministry of Research and Innovation, Province of Ontario, Canada, 2009
  • Early Researcher Award, Province of Ontario, 2009
  • Sherman Fairchild Senior Research Fellowship Prize, California Institute of Technology, 2002
  • Highest Academic Achievement Award, University of Texas at Austin, 1995
Recent Publications
Seminars
  • QFT III Lecture, QFT III 2023/24, 2024/03/08, PIRSA:24030031
  • QFT III Lecture, QFT III 2023/24, 2024/03/06, PIRSA:24030030
  • QFT III Lecture, QFT III 2023/24, 2024/03/04, PIRSA:24030029
  • QFT III Lecture, QFT III 2023/24, 2024/03/01, PIRSA:24030028
  • QFT III Lecture, QFT III 2023/24, 2024/02/28, PIRSA:24020029
  • Infrared Dynamics of Gauge Theories, Lectures at PITP School on Confinement at the IAS, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, United States, 2023/07/17
  • Quantum Fields and Strings Lecture - 230315, Quantum Fields and Strings (2022/2023), 2023/03/15, PIRSA:23030021
  • Quantum Fields and Strings Lecture - 230313, Quantum Fields and Strings (2022/2023), 2023/03/13, PIRSA:23030020
  • Quantum Fields and Strings Lecture - 230310, Quantum Fields and Strings (2022/2023), 2023/03/10, PIRSA:23030019
  • Quantum Fields and Strings Lecture - 230308, Quantum Fields and Strings (2022/2023), 2023/03/08, PIRSA:23030018
  • Quantum Fields and Strings Lecture - 230306, Quantum Fields and Strings (2022/2023), 2023/03/06, PIRSA:23030017
  • Anomalies and Symmetry Fractionalization, Hirosi Fest, California Institute of Technology, Physics, Pasadena, CA, 91126, United States, 2022/10/20