ProfessorJeromeGauntlett

Summary

My principal research interests are focussed on string theory, quantum field theory and black holes. Most recently I have been investigating whether string theory techniques can be used to study exotic states of matter that arise in condensed matter physics. I was Head of the Theoretical Physics Group at Imperial from 2011-2016.

I was the theoretical physics consultant for the film The Theory of Everything

I have an Erdos-Bacon number of six (having written a paper with Shing-Tung Yau and appeared in the film Windrider with Nicole Kidman).

I gave a public talk at the Royal Institution in 2017 titled Black Holes and the Fundamental Laws of Physics

I am an Editor for the Journal of High Energy Physics

My career in a nutshell:

• 1986 BSc University of Western Australia 
• 1991 PhD University of Cambridge
• 1991-1994 University of Chicago (Postdoc)
• 1994-1996 CALTECH (Postdoc)
• 1996-2003 Queen Mary, University of London (Professor)
• 2003-2004 Perimeter Institute (Visiting Professor)
• 2003-       Imperial College (Professor)

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