Curriculum Vitae

Research

Graduate Education

• Ph.D. in Physics, University of Maryland at College Park, 2005
  University of Maryland (1999-2005)
  • California Institute of Technology (2002)
    I spent two quarters as a visiting special student under the patronage of John H. Schwarz.
  • Universidade Estadual Paulista, Sao Paolo, Brazil (2002-2003)
    I spent three months at the Instituto de Fisica Teorica under the patronage of Nathan Berkovits.
• B. of Sc. in Physics, University of Maryland at College Park, 1999
  University of Maryland (1994-1999)

Doctoral Thesis

Employment

• Post-doctoral Research Assistant and RTG Fellow (2005-present)
  C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics and Department of Mathematics
  State University of New York at Stony Brook
  
• Graduate Research Assistant (2001-2005)
  Center for String and Particle Theory
  University of Maryland at College Park

Workshops, Schools, and Conferences

• Simons Workshop VI in Mathematics and Physics (2008)
  State University of New York at Stony Brook
• Simons Workshop V in Mathematics and Physics (2007)
  State University of New York at Stony Brook
• Simons Workshop IV in Mathematics and Physics (2007)
  State University of New York at Stony Brook
• Geometry and the Universe: A Symposium on General Relativity
  State University of New York at Stony Brook
• Simons Workshop III in Mathematics and Physics (2007)
  State University of New York at Stony Brook
• Prospects in Theoretical Physics (2004)}
  Summer school in String Theory
  Institute for Advanced Studies
  
• Conference on String Geometry (2004)}
  AMS-IMS-SIAM Summer Research Conference
  Snowbird, Utah
• Theoretical Advanced Studies Institute (2003)
  Summer School on String and Particle Theory
  University of Colorado at Boulder
• XII Jorge Andre Swieca Summer School on Particles and Fields (2003)}
  Campos do Jordao, Brazil
• String Field Theory Workshop (2003)}
  USC/Caltech joint String Theory Center
  University of Southern California and California Institute of Technology
• Mathematicians' and Physicists' Workshop (2002)
  University of Maryland at College Park
• Prospects in Theoretical Physics (2002)
  Summer school in String Theory
  Institute for Advanced Studies
  

Publications and Pre-prints

1. Integrability of the Gauged Linear Sigma Model for AdS₅ x S⁵ with Brenno Carlini Vallilo
2. Type IIB Flux Vacua from the String Worldsheet with Jock McOrist and Brenno Carlini Vallilo
3. Covariant N=2 heterotic string with Brenno Carlini Vallilo
4. Hybrid Formalism, Supersymmetry Reduction, and Ramond-Ramond Fluxes with Brenno Carlini Vallilo
5. On five-dimensional superspaces with Sergei M. Kuzenko
6. M theory on spin(7) manifolds, fluxes and 3-D, N=1 supergravity with Melanie Becker, Dragos Constantin, S. James Gates, Jr., Willie Merrell, and Joseph Phillips.
7. Field strengths of linearized 5-D, N=1 superfield supergravity on a three-brane with S. James Gates, Jr. and Joseph Phillips.
8. Supergravity loop contributions to brane world supersymmetry breaking with Ioseph L. Buchbinder, S. James Gates, Jr., Hock-Seng Goh, Markus A. Luty, Siew-Phang Ng, and Joseph Phillips.
9. When superspace is not enough with S. James Gates, Jr., and Joseph Phillips.
10. Short distance expansion from the dual representation of infinite dimensional Lie algebras with S. James Gates, Jr., Joseph Phillips, and Vincent G. J. Rodgers.
11. Five-dimensional supergravity in N=1 superspace with Markus A. Luty and Joseph Phillips.
12. Dynamical superfield theory of free massive superspin-1 multiplet with Ioseph L. Buchbinder, S. James Gates, Jr., and Joseph Phillips.
13. New 4-D, N=1 superfield theory: Model of free massive superspin 3/2 multiplet with Ioseph L. Buchbinder, S. James Gates, Jr., and Joseph Phillips.
14. Chiral supergravitons interacting with a 0 brane N extended NSR superVirasoro group with A. Boveia, Dagny M. Kimberly, S. James Gates, Jr., Bjorg A. Larson, Joseph Phillips, and Vincent G. J. Rodgers.
15. The Fundamental supersymmetry challenge remains with S. James Gates, Jr., Joseph Phillips, and Lubna Rana.

Current Research Topics

• Strings in Ramond-Ramond backgrounds
  I am interested in superstring quantization in background Ramond-Ramond fields. As demonstrated explicitly with B. Vallilo and later with B. Vallilo and J. McOrist, the study of such backgrounds is possible from the worldsheet within the framework of Berkovits' hybrid description of the superstring on Calabi-Yau manifolds.
• Superstring Field Theory
  I am interested in covariant superstring field theory with a variety of degrees of supersymmetry manifest. Current work with B. Vallilo has resulted, based on earlier work by Berkovits, Ohta, and Zwiebach, on the first closed string field theory with eight supercharges realized linearly.

Teaching

I am currently (re-)designing and teaching MAT560: Physics for Mathematicians I. This is the first class in theoretical physics for intermediate level mathematics Ph.D. candidates participating in the RTG program in Geometry and Physics. Under this program I have mentored and advised graduate and undergraduate students, given seminars, and guest lectured in a variety of mathematics classes and talks. I am currently also the faculty advisor to the undergraduate math club.