Alex Buchel

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Western University
Areas of research:
M.S.(Hons), The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia (1994) Ph.D., Cornell University, US (1999), Dissertation title: Statistical Mechanics of Cracks; Dualities in Supersymmetric Field Theories; Orientifolds of Type IIB Strings with Discrete B Flux Postgraduate Researcher, Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, US (1999-2002) Research Fellow, Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics , UofM, US (2002-2003) Assistant Professor, UWO (2003-2007) Associate Professor,  UWO (2007-2012) Professor, UWO (2012-) Associate Member, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada (2003-)
University of Western Ontario, Department of Applied Mathematics, Department of Physics and Astronomy
My research efforts focus on understanding quantum properties of black holes and the origin of our Universe, as described by string theory. Additionally, I'm involved in developing analytical tools in string theory that could shed new light on strong interactions of subatomic particles.
  • Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario, 2007-2012
  • Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario, 2007-present
  • Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario, 2003-2007
  • Research Fellow, Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics , UofM, 2002-2003
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, 1999-2002
  • Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2022-2027
  • Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2021-2022
  • Early Researcher Award, Ministry of Research and Innovation, Province of Ontario, Canada, 2007
  • Dynamical fixed points in holography, 2023/07/27
  • From de Sitter hydrodynamics to dynamical fixed points, 2023/06/20
  • Dynamical fixed points in holography: theory and cosmological applications, Quantum Fields and Strings, 2023/04/11, PIRSA:23040089
  • Dynamical fixed points in holography: theory and cosmological applications, 2023/03/09
  • Dynamical fixed points in holography, 2023/01/10
  • Dynamical fixed points in holography, 2022/10/08
  • Dynamical fixed points in strongly coupled holographic systems, Winnipeg Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Winnipeg, 2022/06/06
  • Black holes on a conifold with fluxes, Institute for Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 2021/09/22
  • Stabilization of the extended horizons, HoloTube, 2021/05/25