Horatiu Nastase
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Horaţiu Năstase is a Romanian physicist
and professor
in the String Theory
group at Instituto de Física Teórica of the Universidade Estadual Paulista in São Paulo, Brazil.http://www.ift.unesp.br/
He was born in Bucharest
, Romania
and finished high school at Nicolae Bălcescu
High School (now Saint Sava National College
). He did his undergraduate studies in the Physics Department of the University of Bucharest
, graduating in 1995. His last year there he studied at the Niels Bohr Institute
(NBI), Copenhagen University, with a scholarship which continued into the following year. In 1996 he joined the Physics Department of the State University of New York at Stony Brook
from which he received his PhD in May 2000. From 2000 to 2002 he was a postdoc at the Institute for Advanced Study
in Princeton, after which he was an Assistant Research Professor at Brown University
until 2006. From 2007 to 2009 he was an Assistant Professor at the Global Edge Institute of the Tokyo Institute of Technology
in Japan. Since 2010, Nastase holds a permanent position as Assistant Professor at IFT-UNESP in Brazil.
According to the BBC
, Năstase may have created a black hole
at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
particle accelerator in New York
. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4357613.stm
Some of his research concerns String theory
. One of his well-known work in AdS/CFT were the duality between strings on pp-wave spacetime and BMN operators in supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, together with David Berenstein
and Juan Maldacena in 2002.
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
and professor
Professor
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in the String Theory
String theory
String theory is an active research framework in particle physics that attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity. It is a contender for a theory of everything , a manner of describing the known fundamental forces and matter in a mathematically complete system...
group at Instituto de Física Teórica of the Universidade Estadual Paulista in São Paulo, Brazil.http://www.ift.unesp.br/
He was born in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, Romania
Romania
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and finished high school at Nicolae Bălcescu
Nicolae Balcescu
Nicolae Bălcescu was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution.-Early life:...
High School (now Saint Sava National College
Saint Sava National College
The Saint Sava National College is the oldest and one of the most prestigious high schools in Bucharest, Romania....
). He did his undergraduate studies in the Physics Department of the University of Bucharest
University of Bucharest
The University of Bucharest , in Romania, is a university founded in 1864 by decree of Prince Alexander John Cuza to convert the former Saint Sava Academy into the current University of Bucharest.-Presentation:...
, graduating in 1995. His last year there he studied at the Niels Bohr Institute
Niels Bohr Institute
The Niels Bohr Institute is a research institute of the University of Copenhagen. The research of the institute spans astronomy, geophysics, nanotechnology, particle physics, quantum mechanics and biophysics....
(NBI), Copenhagen University, with a scholarship which continued into the following year. In 1996 he joined the Physics Department of the State University of New York at Stony Brook
State University of New York at Stony Brook
The State University of New York at Stony Brook, also known as Stony Brook University, is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island, about east of Manhattan....
from which he received his PhD in May 2000. From 2000 to 2002 he was a postdoc at the Institute for Advanced Study
Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, is an independent postgraduate center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It was founded in 1930 by Abraham Flexner...
in Princeton, after which he was an Assistant Research Professor at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
until 2006. From 2007 to 2009 he was an Assistant Professor at the Global Edge Institute of the Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo Institute of Technology
The Tokyo Institute of Technology is a public research university located in Greater Tokyo Area, Japan. Tokyo Tech is the largest institution for higher education in Japan dedicated to science and technology. Tokyo Tech enrolled 4,850 undergaraduates and 5006 graduate students for 2009-2010...
in Japan. Since 2010, Nastase holds a permanent position as Assistant Professor at IFT-UNESP in Brazil.
According to the BBC
BBC
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, Năstase may have created a black hole
Black hole
A black hole is a region of spacetime from which nothing, not even light, can escape. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass will deform spacetime to form a black hole. Around a black hole there is a mathematically defined surface called an event horizon that...
at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider is one of two existing heavy-ion colliders, and the only spin-polarized proton collider in the world. It is located at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York and operated by an international team of researchers...
particle accelerator in New York
New York
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. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4357613.stm
Some of his research concerns String theory
String theory
String theory is an active research framework in particle physics that attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity. It is a contender for a theory of everything , a manner of describing the known fundamental forces and matter in a mathematically complete system...
. One of his well-known work in AdS/CFT were the duality between strings on pp-wave spacetime and BMN operators in supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, together with David Berenstein
David Berenstein
David Berenstein is a Colombian theoretical physicist and professor at University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. He received his Ph.D. from University of Texas, Austin, in 1998 under the supervision of Willy Fischler, coauthor of matrix theory. Berenstein's research mainly concerns string theory...
and Juan Maldacena in 2002.