Yuji Tachikawa (physicist)
| Yuji Tachikawa | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tachikawa Yūji (立川裕二) October 5, 1979 Tondabayashi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Japanese |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | AGT correspondence |
| 🏅 Awards | IMO Silver Medal (1995) IMO Silver Medal (1996) Hermann Weyl Prize (2014) New Horizons in Physics Prize (2015) |
Yuji Tachikawa (Japanese: 立川裕二 Hepburn: Tachikawa Yūji, born October 5, 1979) is a Japanese theoretical physicist. He is a professor at the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), the University of Tokyo. His research focuses on particle physics, especially field theory and mathematical physics in superstring theory.[1]
Early life and education
Tachikawa was selected twice as a member of the Japanese national team for the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). He participated in the 36th IMO held in Canada in 1995 (qualified during his third year of junior high school) and the 37th IMO held in India in 1996 (qualified during his first year of senior high school), winning silver medals in both events. One of his teammates at the time was Sachiko Nakajima.[2][3][4][dead link]
After graduating from Nada High School in 1998, he entered the University of Tokyo (UTokyo), enrolling in the Natural Sciences I program. He later graduated from the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science. In 2006, he completed his doctoral studies in UTokyo's Department of Physics.[citation needed]
Career
In 2006, Tachikawa became a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. In 2010, he was appointed Project Assistant Professor at the Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU), University of Tokyo (UTokyo).
In 2012, he became UTokyo's associate professor in the Department of Physics, and concurrently a Scientific Researcher at the Kavli IPMU. In 2016, he was promoted to Professor.
His research interests include gravitational theories related to superstring theory, mathematical physics, and four-dimensional field theories with supersymmetry. He is one of the discoverers of the AGT correspondence.
Awards and honors
- 1995 – International Mathematical Olympiad Silver Medal
- 1996 – International Mathematical Olympiad Silver Medal
- 2012 – 15th Paper Award of the Physical Society of Japan
- 2014 – Hermann Weyl Prize[5][irrelevant citation][6][dead link]
- 2014 – Nishinomiya Yukawa Memorial Prize
- 2016 – Shared the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics – New Horizons in Physics Prize[7]
- 2018 – Invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians (Rio de Janeiro, 2018)[8][dubious ]
References
External links
- Yuji Tachikawa
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