Biography:Rajesh Gopakumar
Rajesh Gopakumar | |
|---|---|
 Rajesh Gopakumar at Harvard University | |
| Born | 14 December 1967 |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (B.Sc., M.Sc.), Princeton University (Ph.D) |
| Known for | Gopakumar–Vafa invariant |
| Spouse(s) | Rukmini Dey |
| Awards | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, ICTP Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | String Theory, Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | International Centre for Theoretical Sciences Harish-Chandra Research Institute Institute for Advanced Study |
| Doctoral advisor | David Gross |
Rajesh Gopakumar (born 1967 in Kolkata, India ) is a theoretical physicist and the director of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR) in Bangalore, India. He was previously a professor at Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI) in Allahabad, India.[1] He is known for his work on topological string theory.
Background
Gopakumar was born in 1967 to Jaishree and G. Gopakumar in Kolkata.[citation needed] His family hails from the southern Indian state of Kerala.[2] He has the distinction being ranked 1 in the entrance examination for the Indian Institute of Technology in 1987.[3]
Gopakumar obtained his integrated M.Sc. degree in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1992. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1997 under the supervision of David Gross. After a few years as a research associate at Harvard University, he joined HRI in 2001. He was also a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey from 2001 to 2004.[4]
He is married to Rukmini Dey, a Professor of Mathematical Physics and Geometry at ICTS-TIFR.[5]
Research
Gopakumar is a string theorist. Early in his career, his research was primarily focused on large N gauge theories with David Gross, noncommutative gauge theories with Andrew Strominger and Shiraz Minwalla, and topological string theory and gauge/geometry correspondence with Cumrun Vafa and is particularly known for proposing the Gopakumar–Vafa duality and Gopakumar–Vafa invariants.[6] Later, his work focussed on attempts to derive the AdS/CFT correspondence, and on minimal model holography (with Matthias Gaberdiel). In recent years, he has made important contributions to higher spin theories and their connections with string theory (with Matthias Gaberdiel). He has also recently worked on the Conformal bootstrap.
Awards
Gopakumar was awarded the 2004 B.M. Birla Science Prize in Physics.[7]
He received the 2006 ICTP Prize.[8]
He received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in 2009.[2]
He was named Fellow of the Global Young Academy of Scientists for 2010.[1][9] He is a member of the Indian National Science Academy, and the Indian Academy of Sciences.[10]
He received TWAS Prize in Physics in 2013.[11]
Selected publications
- Dijkgraaf, Robbert; Gopakumar, Rajesh; Ooguri, Hiroshi; Vafa, Cumrun (2006). "Baby universes and string theory". International Journal of Modern Physics D 15 (10): 1581–1586. doi:10.1142/s0218271806008978. Bibcode: 2006IJMPD..15.1581D. http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/find/hep/www?rawcmd=FIND+A+GOPAKUMAR%2Cr.. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
- David, Justin R.; Gopakumar, Rajesh (17 January 2007). "From spacetime to worldsheet: Four point correlators". Journal of High Energy Physics 0701:063 (1): 063. doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2007/01/063. Bibcode: 2007JHEP...01..063D. http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/find/hep/www?rawcmd=FIND+A+GOPAKUMAR%2Cr.. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
- List of R. Gopakumar's Publications
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Academic Report 2010-2011". Harish-Chandra Research Institute. http://www.hri.res.in/~anlweb/Annual-Report-2010-11.pdf. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "City scientist chosen for Bhatnagar award". The Times Of India. 2009-09-29. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-29/allahabad/28066705_1_city-scientist-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-award-bhatnagar-awardees. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ↑ Where are They Now? | OPEN Magazine
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- ↑ "PEOPLE | International Centre for Theoretical Sciences". https://www.icts.res.in/people/5/details/184/. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ↑ Gopakumar, Rajesh; Vafa, Cumrun (1999). "On the Gauge Theory/Geometry Correspondence". Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 3 (1999): 1415–1443. Bibcode: 1998hep.th...11131G. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/25249582.pdf.
- ↑ "News Update". IIT Kanpur Alumni Association. 2006-03-07. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120207075359/http://www.iitkalumni.org/newsupdateindetail.asp. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ↑ "The Prize Winners". International Centre for Theoretical Physics. http://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/prizes-awards/the-ictp-prize/the-prize-winners.aspx. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ↑ "Members". Global Young Academy. http://www.globalyoungacademy.net/members. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ↑ GYA member listing , retrieved 2011-03-23.
- ↑ "Prizes and Awards". The World Academy of Sciences. 2016. http://twas.org/opportunities/prizes-and-awards.
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