Sergei Gukov
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| Sergei Gukov | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 1977 Moscow, Russian SFSR |
| Residence | USA |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Fields | Theoretical physics Mathematical Physics |
| Institutions | Caltech, UCSB, KITP |
| Alma mater | Princeton |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward Witten |
| Known for | String theory, Gauge Theory, Quantum Gravity, Algebraic Geometry, Special Holonomy Manifolds, Arithmetic Geometry |
| Notable awards | 1st Prize, USSR Physics Olympiad & Moscow Mathematics Olympiad (1992) Pomeranchuk Award for Young Scientists (2000) Clay Mathematics Institute Long Term Prize Fellowship (2001-2006) Sloan Research Fellowship in Science & Technology (2007) |
Sergei Gukov (Russian: Серге́й Гу́ков; born 1977) is a string theorist who is a professor of physics at Caltech and at UCSB (University of California Santa Barbara).
Gukov graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) in Moscow, Russia before obtaining a doctorate in physics from Princeton University under the supervision of Edward Witten.
