Eric Zaslow | |
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 Zaslow in 2017 | |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Northwestern University |
| Thesis | Kinks, twists, and folds : exploring the geometric musculature of quantum field theory (1995) |
| Cumrun Vafa | |
| Website | https://sites.math.northwestern.edu/~zaslow/ |
Eric Zaslow is an American mathematical physicist at Northwestern University.
Biography
Zaslow attended Harvard University, earning his Ph.D. in physics in 1995,1 with thesis "Kinks, twists, and folds : exploring the geometric musculature of quantum field theory" written under the direction of Cumrun Vafa.2 His research focuses on mathematical questions arising from duality symmetries in theoretical physics such as mirror symmetry. With Andrew Strominger and Shing-Tung Yau, he formulated the SYZ conjecture.3
He was named to the 2021 class of fellows of the American Mathematical Society "for contributions to mathematical physics and mirror symmetry".4
Zaslow is also known for being internationally ranked in ultimate, with seven world or national championships1 and has written limericks about physics competitively.5
References
References
- "Vita" (PDF).
- Eric Zaslow at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Strominger, Andrew; Yau, Shing-Tung; Zaslow, Eric (1996). "Mirror symmetry is T-duality". Nuclear Physics B. 479 (1): 243–259. arXiv:hep-th/9606040. Bibcode:1996NuPhB.479..243S. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(96)00434-8. S2CID 14586676.
- 2021 Class of Fellows of the AMS, American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2020-11-02
- "David Morin, Eric Zaslow, E'beth Haley, John Golden, Nathan Salwen (Harvard Team)". Archived from the original on 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2015-07-29.