Theoretical High Energy Physics

String theory, black hole physics and non-perturbative quantum field theory. Recent work deals with understanding the emergence of space in gauge-gravity duality, notions of entanglement of internal degrees of freedom and applications of the holographic correspondence to out-of-equilibrium problems in many body systems and universal scaling in critical quantum quench. Past work involved the physics of Hawking radiation, noncommutative gauge theories, noncritical string theory and random surfaces, matrix models for nonperturbative strings, large-N gauge theories, vortices and monopoles.

Awards and Honors

Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor (2019)

University Research Professor, University of Kentucky (2010)

S.S. Bhatnagar Prize (1998)

Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (1997)