Biography:Mark Van Raamsdonk
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| Alma mater | Princeton University |
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| Fields | Physics |
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| Thesis | Making the most of zero branes and a weak background[1] (2000) |
| Doctoral advisor | Washington Taylor |
Mark Van Raamsdonk is a professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of British Columbia since 2002.[2] Before that, he was a postdoc at Stanford University from 2000 until 2002 and studied as a graduate student at Princeton University from 1995 until 2000 when he received his PhD under the supervision of Washington Taylor. Before that, he did a combined mathematics/physics undergraduate degree at University of British Columbia where he graduated with what is believed to be the highest GPA in the university's prior history.[3]
In 2009 Mark Van Raamsdonk started to work on the relationship between quantum mechanics and gravity during his first sabbatical year.[4] He published his results "Building up spacetime with quantum entanglement" as an essay in 2010,[5] which won the first prize of the annual essay contest run by the Gravity Research Foundation.[6] Van Raamsdonk is a member of the "It from Qubit" collaboration, which was formed in 2015.[7]
Mark Van Raamsdonk plays the saxophone and has organized a concert series at UBC, inspired by a similar one that existed during his time at Princeton.[8][9]
In 2021, Van Raamsdonk published a short picture book titled "The Hot and Cold Adventures of Mr. Brick".[10]
References
- ↑ Bryan, Jim (2010). "Most memorable titles". Math Overflow. https://mathoverflow.net/q/44326.
- ↑ "Mark Van Raamsdonk page on the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the UBC web site". University of British Columbia. https://www.phas.ubc.ca/users/mark-van-raamsdonk.
- ↑ "Home page of Mark Van Raamsdonk on the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the UBC web site". University of British Columbia. http://www.phas.ubc.ca/~mav/vanraamsdonk.html.
- ↑ Cowen, Ron (2015). "The quantum source of space-time". Nature (Nature Publishing Group) 527 (7578): 290–293. doi:10.1038/527290a. PMID 26581274. Bibcode: 2015Natur.527..290C. http://www.nature.com/news/the-quantum-source-of-space-time-1.18797. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ↑ Van Raamsdonk, Mark (19 June 2010). "Building up spacetime with quantum entanglement.". General Relativity and Gravitation 42 (10): 2323–2329. doi:10.1007/s10714-010-1034-0. Bibcode: 2010GReGr..42.2323V.
- ↑ "Award essays by year". Gravity Research Foundation. http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org/winners_year.html.
- ↑ "It from Qubit: People". Simons Foundation. https://www.simonsfoundation.org/mathematics-physical-sciences/it-from-qubit/people/page/6?.
- ↑ "Affleck and Van Raamsdonk receive the 2014 CAP medal and award". UBC. 2014-04-11. http://www.phas.ubc.ca/affleck-and-van-raamsdonk-receive-2014-cap-medal-and-award.
- ↑ Moseley, Caroline (1998-04-20). "A break from equations". Princeton Weekly Bulletin. https://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/98/0420/0420-3a.html.
- ↑ Van Raasmdonk, Mark (2021). The Hot and Cold Adventures of Mr. Brick. ISBN 979-8747309470.
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