Shiraz Naval Minwalla[1](born 2 January 1972)[3][4][5]is an Indiantheoretical physicistandstring theorist.[6]He is a faculty member in the Department of Theoretical Physics atTata Institute of Fundamental Research,Mumbai.[7]Prior to his present position, Minwalla was aHarvard Junior Fellowand subsequently an assistant professor atHarvard University.[8][9]
Shiraz Naval Minwalla | |
|---|---|
 Shiraz Minwalla atHarvard University | |
| Born | 2 January 1972 Mumbai,Maharashtra,India |
| Alma mater | IIT Kanpur(M.Sc.) Princeton University(Ph.D.) |
| Spouse | Ananya Dasgupta[1][2] |
| Children | 2[1] |
| Awards |
|
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | String Theory,Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | Nathan Seiberg |
| Other academic advisors | Andrew Strominger,Spenta Wadia[1] |
| Doctoral students | Matthew Headrick |
Early life
editBorn inMumbai,Maharashtra,India, in 1972, to aParsiZoroastrianfather (Naval) and aMuslimmother (Khadija), Minwalla graduated fromCampion School, Mumbaiin 1988 and thenIndian Institute of Technology Kanpurin 1995. He later moved toPrinceton Universityto earn his PhD under the guidance ofNathan Seiberg.[1]
Awards
editMinwalla was awarded the Swarnajayanti Fellowship 2005–06 by theDepartment of Science & Technology,Government of India.He was awarded theICTP Prizein 2010 and theShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology,the highest science award in India, in the physical sciences category in 2011.[10][3] He was awarded the Infosys Prize 2013 in the field of Physical Sciences by the Infosys Science Foundation.[11][12]Minwalla was awarded the 2014 New Horizons in Physics Prize by theFundamental Physics Prizefor "his pioneering contributions to the study of string theory and quantum field theory; and in particular his work on the connection between the equations of fluid dynamics and Albert Einstein's equations of general relativity."[12][13][14]In 2016,The World Academy of Sciencesawarded him theTWAS Prizein Physics.[15]
Notable contributions to the field
edit- Analysis of primary operators on AdS4 and AdS7
- Three-point functions in N=4 supersymmetricYang–Mills theoryandAdS/CFT
- Noncommutativeperturbative dynamics (withNathan SeibergandMark Van Raamsdonk)
- Noncommutativesolitons(withAndrew StromingerandRajesh Gopakumar)
- OM-theory (withNathan Seiberg,Andrew StromingerandRajesh Gopakumar)
- Stringy interactions in pp-waves
- Some insights abouttachyon condensation
- Dualities insupersymmetric gauge theories,in particularChern-Simons-matter theories
- Fluid-Gravity correspondence, the connections between hydrodynamics and AdS/CFT.(with Sayantani Bhattacharyya)
Personal life
editShiraz Minwalla lives in Mumbai with his wife and their two children.[1]
Selected works
edit- Bhattacharyya, Sayantani;Hubeny, Veronika E.;Loganayagam, R.; Mandal, Gautam; Minwalla, Shiraz; Morita, Takeshi; Rangamani, Mukund; Reall, Harvey S. (2008). "Local fluid dynamical entropy from gravity".Journal of High Energy Physics.2008(6): 055.arXiv:0803.2526.Bibcode:2008JHEP...06..055B.doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2008/06/055.S2CID3085486.
References
edit- ^abcdef"Breakthrough Prize – Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize Laureates – Shiraz Naval Minwalla".breakthroughprize.org.Retrieved29 January2020.
- ^Sengupta, Swati (28 November 2008)."A night of horror".The Times of India.Retrieved30 January2020.
- ^ab"Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize".ssbprize.gov.in.Retrieved29 January2020.
- ^"Indian Academy of Sciences".fellows.ias.ac.in.Retrieved29 January2020.
- ^"Fellowship | Indian Academy of Sciences".www.ias.ac.in.Retrieved29 January2020.
- ^"Physicist makes string theory look simple"(PDF).Tufts Institute of Cosmology. 26 April 2004. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 26 June 2010.Retrieved6 February2010.
- ^"Members of the Department of Theoretical Physics".Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.Archivedfrom the original on 14 February 2010.Retrieved6 February2010.
- ^"Sultans of String".The Indian Express.27 February 2005.Retrieved6 February2010.
- ^"Calcutta: Metro".The Telegraph.4 November 2004. Archived fromthe originalon 14 April 2010.Retrieved6 February2010.
- ^"11 scientists selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award" ibn live, 26 September 2011."11 scientists selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award, IBN Live News".Archived fromthe originalon 4 January 2012.Retrieved20 December2011.
- ^"News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News, Current News Headlines".News18.Archived fromthe originalon 8 December 2013.Retrieved27 April2018.
- ^abVasudevan Mukunth (14 November 2013)."'Research in India happens in a few elite institutions'".The Hindu.Archivedfrom the original on 17 November 2013.Retrieved14 November2013.
- ^"Fundamental Physics Prize - News".Archived fromthe originalon 10 November 2013.Retrieved14 November2013.
- ^"NEWS - ICTS".www.icts.res.in.Archivedfrom the original on 1 January 2017.Retrieved27 April2018.
- ^"Prizes and Awards".The World Academy of Sciences. 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 1 January 2017.
External links
edit