Alexander Zamolodchikov

Alexander Borissowitsch Zamolodchikov (Russian: Александр Борисович Замолодчиков, born September 18, 1952) is a Russian physicist, known for his contributions to condensed matter physics and string theory.

Born near Dubna, he earned a B.Sc. in nuclear engineering (1975) from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, a Ph.D. in physics from the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (1978). He joined the research staff of Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics (1978) where he got an honorary doctorate (1983). He co-authored the famous paper Infinite conformal symmetry in two-dimensional quantum field theory,^[1] with Alexander Polyakov and Alexander Belavin.^[1]^[2]

He joined Rutgers University (1990) where he co-founded Rutgers New High Energy Theory Center, and was named Board of Governors Professor (2005).^[3]

He is the twin brother of the late Alexei Zamolodchikov (1952-2007), also a noted physicist.^[4]

Awards

1999 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics with Barry M. McCoy and Tai Tsun Wu for "for their groundbreaking and penetrating work on classical statistical mechanics, integrable models and conformal field theories."
Blaise Pascal Chair at the Ecole Normale in Paris

References

^ ^a ^b Belavin AA, Polyakov AM, Zamolodchikov AB (1984). "Infinite conformal symmetry in two-dimensional quantum field theory". Nucl. Phys. B 241 (2): 333–80. Bibcode 1984NuPhB.241..333B. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(84)90052-X.
^ "Princeton celebrates Polyakov's 60th". CERN Courier (Mar 1): 2. 2006. http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/29554/2.
^ Alexander Zamolodchikov Named Board of Governors Professor of Physics
^ Alexei Zamolodchikov 1952–2007 from CERN (Jan 1, 2008)

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Name	Zamolodchikov, Alexander
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Short description	Russian physicist
Date of birth	September 18, 1952
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