Nikita Nekrasov

Nikita Nekrasov (born 10 April 1973)[1] is a mathematical physicist and string theorist.

Background

Nerkrasov was born in Moscow, Russia and attended the Moscow State 57th School, graduating in 1995.[1][2] He went on to graduate with honors from Moscow Physical Technical Institute in 1995. Nekrasov did his graduate work at Princeton University, receiving his PhD in 1996. His dissertation was on Four Dimensional Holomorphic Theories and his adviser was the noted string theorist David Gross.[3]

Following completion of his PhD he was a junior fellow at Harvard University from 1996–1999, and was a Robert. H. Dicke Fellow, Princeton University from 1999-2000. From 1999-2005 he was associated as a Program Coordinator and General Member at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of California Santa Barbara, among other positions.[2] Since 2000 he has been a permanent professor at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques.[2] During 2010 he was a visitor at the C. N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics and Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University.[4]

Research

Nekrasov is known for his work on topological string theory and ADHM construction. For his contributions he received the Hermann Weyl Prize in 2004.

References

  1. ^ a b Tous Droits Réservés Who's Who in France. 2004. 
  2. ^ a b c "Professional CV". http://www.ihes.fr/~nikita/CV2.html. Retrieved 6 September 2010. 
  3. ^ "Mathematics Genealogy Project". http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=80896. Retrieved 6 September 2010. 
  4. ^ "People at the CNYITP". http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/itp/people.html. Retrieved 6 September 2010.