Cumrun Vafa
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Cumrun Vafa (Persian: کامران وفا, Persian pronunciation: [kɒːmˈrɒːn væˈfɒː]; born 1 August 1960) is an Iranian-American theoretical physicist and the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard University.
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Born | (1960-08-01) 1 August 1960 (age 63) |
Nationality | Iranian-American |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) Princeton University (PhD) |
Known for | F-theory Vafa–Witten theorem Gopakumar–Vafa invariant Mirror symmetry Swampland Weak gravity conjecture |
Awards | Dirac Medal (2008) Eisenbud Prize (2008) Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (2016) Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2017) Mustafa Prize (2021) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical Physics |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Doctoral advisor | Edward Witten |
Doctoral students | Freddy Cachazo Andrew Neitzke Eric Zaslow |
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