Donald Marolf
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Donald Marolf is a theoretical physicist, and currently a Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara
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He gained his Ph.D. from University of Texas at Austin
in 1992, under Bryce DeWitt
with a thesis on Green's Bracket Algebras and Their Quantization. His undergraduate degree is from William Jewell College
, in 1987.
He is a specialist on thermodynamics of black holes, gravitational aspects of string theory, and quantum gravity. In the past he has worked on the canonical approach to quantum gravity, lower dimensional models of quantum gravity, issues related to quantization of diffeomorphism invariant theories, and a number of other topics. He has published 113 scientific papers through 2007. The one most cited, "Quantization of diffeomorphism invariant theories of connections with local degrees of freedom." by Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State U.) , Jerzy Lewandowski (Warsaw U.) , Donald Marolf (UC, Santa Barbara) , Jose Mourao (Algarve U.) , Thomas Thiemann (Penn State U.) . Published in J.Math.Phys.36:6456-6493,1995., has been cited 278 times. http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/spiface/find/hep/www?FORMAT=WWW&rawcmd=find+author+marolf.
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
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He gained his Ph.D. from University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
in 1992, under Bryce DeWitt
Bryce DeWitt
Bryce Seligman DeWitt was a theoretical physicist renowned for advancing gravity and field theories.-Biography:...
with a thesis on Green's Bracket Algebras and Their Quantization. His undergraduate degree is from William Jewell College
William Jewell College
William Jewell College is a private, four-year liberal arts college of 1,100 undergraduate students located in Liberty, Missouri, U.S. It was founded in 1849 by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention and other civic leaders, including Robert S. James, a Baptist minister and father of the...
, in 1987.
He is a specialist on thermodynamics of black holes, gravitational aspects of string theory, and quantum gravity. In the past he has worked on the canonical approach to quantum gravity, lower dimensional models of quantum gravity, issues related to quantization of diffeomorphism invariant theories, and a number of other topics. He has published 113 scientific papers through 2007. The one most cited, "Quantization of diffeomorphism invariant theories of connections with local degrees of freedom." by Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State U.) , Jerzy Lewandowski (Warsaw U.) , Donald Marolf (UC, Santa Barbara) , Jose Mourao (Algarve U.) , Thomas Thiemann (Penn State U.) . Published in J.Math.Phys.36:6456-6493,1995., has been cited 278 times. http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/spiface/find/hep/www?FORMAT=WWW&rawcmd=find+author+marolf.
Personal Life
Among students at the University of California, Professor Marolf is well known for his distinctive, boisterous laugh. This is in addition to his characteristic gesticulations, which are particularly frequent while he is lecturing on physics.External links
- Official web page at UCSB
- online Lecture"Entropy Bounds: Can We Live Without Them? Dr. Don Marolf, UCSB"