Freddy Cachazo
| Freddy Cachazo | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Venezuelan, Canadian |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions |
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Institute for Advanced Study |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University (Ph.D., 2002) International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Diploma, 1997) Simón Bolívar University (B.S., 1996) |
| Thesis | Dualities in Field Theory from Geometric Transitions in String Theory (2002) |
| Doctoral advisor | Cumrun Vafa |
| Known for | Quantum Field Theory |
| Notable awards |
New Horizons Prize (2014) Herzberg Medal (2012) Rutherford Memorial Medal (2011) |
|
Website pitp |
|
Freddy Alexander Cachazo is a Venezuelan-born theoretical physicist who holds the Gluskin Sheff Freeman Dyson Chair in Theoretical Physics at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
He is known for the contributions to Quantum Field Theory through the study of scattering amplitudes, in particular in Quantum Chromodynamics, N = 4 supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory and Quantum Gravity. His contributions include BCFW recursion relations, CSW vertex expansion and the Amplituhedron. In 2014, Cachazo was awarded the New Horizons Prize for uncovering numerous structures underlying scattering amplitudes in gauge theories and gravity.
After graduating from Simón Bolívar University in 1996, Cachazo attended a year-long Postgraduate Diploma Programme at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. He was admitted in Harvard University, where he completed the Ph.D. under the supervision of Cumrun Vafa in 2002.
...
Wikipedia