Caltech Theory
Graduate Alumni
Pseudorandomness of the Sticky Random Walk
Anand, Emile Timothy ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2023
Advisor: Umans, Christopher M.
Aspects of Quasi-Single Field Inflation
McAneny, Michael Trevor ・ PhD ・ 2019
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
The Union of Quantum Field Theory and Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
Bartolotta, Anthony Leo ・ PhD ・ 2018
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.; Carroll, Sean M.
Scattering in N=4 Super Yang Mills and N=8 Supergravity
Herrmann, Enrico ・ PhD ・ 2017
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.; Trnka, Jaroslav
Constraints on Cosmology and Quantum Gravity from Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory
Pollack, Jason Aaron ・ PhD ・ 2017
Advisor: Carroll, Sean M.
Defining Gravity: Effective Field Theory, Entanglement, and Cosmology
Remmen, Grant Newton ・ PhD ・ 2017
Advisor: Cheung, Clifford W.; Carroll, Sean M.
Knots, Trees, and Fields: Common Ground Between Physics and Mathematics
Saberi, Ingmar Akira ・ PhD ・ 2017
Advisor: Gukov, Sergei
Aspects of Effective Field Theories from Scattering Amplitudes
Shen, Chia-Hsien ・ PhD ・ 2017
Advisor: Cheung, Clifford W.
3d-3d Correspondence for Seifert Manifolds
Pei, Du ・ PhD ・ 2016
Advisor: Gukov, Sergei
Boundary Relative Entropy as Quasilocal Energy: Positive Energy Theorems and Tomography
Stoica, Bogdan ・ PhD ・ 2016
Advisor: Ooguri, Hirosi
Baryon and Lepton Numbers in Particle Physics beyond the Standard Model
Arnold, Jonathan Mark ・ PhD ・ 2014
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Cosmological Consequences of Dark Matter Interactions and Vacuum Fluctuations
Boddy, Kimberly K. ・ PhD ・ 2014
Advisor: Carroll, Sean M.
Three-Dimensional Superconformal Field Theory, Chern-Simons Theorv, and Their Correspondence
Chung, Hee Joong ・ PhD ・ 2014
Advisor: Gukov, Sergei; Schwarz, John H.
Baryon Number Violation beyond the Standard Model
Fornal, Bartosz ・ PhD ・ 2014
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Branes and Supersymmetric Quantum Field Theories
Park, Chan Youn ・ PhD ・ 2014
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
Charged Pion Contribution to the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon
Engel, Kevin Thomas ・ PhD ・ 2013
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Topological Quantum Field Theory and the Geometric Langlands Correspondence
Setter, Kevin Luke ・ PhD ・ 2013
Advisor: Kapustin, Anton N.
Symmetries in Three-Dimensional Superconformal Quantum Field Theories
Bashkirov, Denis ・ PhD ・ 2012
Advisor: Kapustin, Anton N.
4d/2d Correspondence: Instantons and W-Algebras
Song, Jaewon ・ PhD ・ 2012
Advisor: Ooguri, Hirosi
Localization and Dualities in Three Dimensional Superconformal Field Theories
Willett, Brian M. ・ PhD ・ 2012
Advisor: Kapustin, Anton N.
Localization of Gauge Theories on the Three-Sphere
Yaakov, Itamar ・ PhD ・ 2012
Advisor: Kapustin, Anton N.
Superconformal Chern-Simons Theories and Their String Theory Duals
Bandrés Motola, Miguel Angel ・ PhD ・ 2011
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
Beyond the Standard Cosmology: Anisotropic Inflation and Baryophilic Dark Matter
Dulaney, Timothy Ryan ・ PhD ・ 2011
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Integrability of N = 6 Chern-Simons theory
Lipstein, Arthur Elias ・ PhD ・ 2011
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
A Quest for the Physics Beyond the Cosmological Standard Model
Ackerman Mayer, Lotty ・ PhD ・ 2010
Advisor: Carroll, Sean M.
Refined BPS Invariants, Chern-Simons Theory, and the Quantum Dilogarithm
Dimofte, Tudor Dan ・ PhD ・ 2010
Advisor: Gukov, Sergei; Ooguri, Hirosi
Lorentz Symmetry Breaking in a Cosmological Context
Gresham, Moira I. ・ PhD ・ 2010
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Topics in Supersymmetry Breaking and Gauge/Gravity Dualities
Park, Chang-Soon ・ PhD ・ 2010
Advisor: Ooguri, Hirosi
Topics in Topological and Holomorphic Quantum Field Theory
Vyas, Ketan D. ・ PhD ・ 2010
Advisor: Kapustin, Anton N.
Supersymmetry: From Baryogenesis at the Electroweak Phase Transition to Low-Energy Precision Experiments
Tulin, Sean Michael ・ PhD ・ 2009
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Aspects of Topological String Theory
Cook, Paul Langabi Hogan ・ PhD ・ 2008
Advisor: Ooguri, Hirosi
Holomorphic Anomaly Equations in Topological String Theory
Yang, Jie ・ PhD ・ 2008
Advisor: Ooguri, Hirosi
Constraints on Physics Beyond the Standard Model and its Observable Effects
Kile, Jennifer E. ・ PhD ・ 2007
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.; Ramsey-Musolf, Michael J
Unusual Signs in Quantum Field Theory
O’Connell, Dónal ・ PhD ・ 2007
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Topics in Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology
Salem, Michael Phillip ・ PhD ・ 2007
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Neutrina Mass Implications for Physics Beyond the Standard Model
Wang, Peng ・ PhD ・ 2007
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.; Ramsey-Musolf, Michael J.
Topics in Heavy Particle Effective Theories
Dorsten, Matthew Paul ・ PhD ・ 2006
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
On Quantum Interacting Embedded Geometrical Objects of Various Dimensions
Evnin, Oleg ・ PhD ・ 2006
Advisor: Gubser, Steven Scott; Schwarz, John H.
Topics in Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology beyond the Standard Model
Jenkins, Alejandro ・ PhD ・ 2006
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Probing Physics and the Standard Model and Beyond with Electroweak Baryogenesis and Effective Theories of the Strong Interactions
Lee, Christopher ・ PhD ・ 2005
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.; Ramsey-Musolf, Michael J.
Gauge Theory and Supergravity Duality in the PP-Wave Background
Lee, Hok Kong ・ PhD ・ 2005
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
Topological Sigma Models and Generalized Geometries
Li, Yi ・ PhD ・ 2005
Advisor: Kapustin, Anton N.
The Near-Penrose Limit of AdS/CFT
McLoughlin, Tristan ・ PhD ・ 2005
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
Large N Dualities in Topological String Theory
Okuda, Takuya ・ PhD ・ 2005
Advisor: Ooguri, Hirosi
Superstring Holography and Integrability in AdS₅ x S⁵
Swanson, Ian Jakov ・ PhD ・ 2005
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
Heavy Pentaquarks in the Diquark Model and the Large Nc Expansion
Wessling, Margaret Ellen ・ PhD ・ 2005
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Monopole Operators and Mirror Symmetry in Three-Dimensional Gauge Theories
Borokhov, Vadim Aleksandrovich ・ PhD ・ 2004
Advisor: Kapustin, Anton N.
D-Brane Actions and N=2 Supergravity Solutions
Ciocarlie, Calin A. ・ PhD ・ 2004
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
RG-Flows, AdS/CFT Correspondence and Stability of Non-Dilatonic Branes
Ozakin, Arkadas Inan ・ PhD ・ 2004
Advisor: Gubser, Steven Scott
Testing Gauge/Gravity Duality: The Eleven-Dimensional PP-Wave
Wu, Xinkai ・ PhD ・ 2004
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
D-Branes in Anti-de-Sitter Space
Lee, Peter Byungho ・ PhD ・ 2003
Advisor: Ooguri, Hirosi
String/Gauge Duality and Penrose Limit
Park, Jongwon ・ PhD ・ 2003
Advisor: Ooguri, Hirosi
Brane Models and the Hierarchy Problem
Goldberger, Walter D. ・ PhD ・ 2001
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
SU(3) Chiral Symmetry in Non-Relativistic Field Theory
Ouellette, Stephen Michael ・ PhD ・ 2001
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Branes, Brane Actions and Applications to Field Theory
Popescu, Costin Radu ・ PhD ・ 2001
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
String Theory on Calabi-Yau Manifolds: Topics in Geometry and Physics
Aganagic, Mina ・ PhD ・ 1999
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
Applications of Chiral Perturbation Theory in Reactions with Heavy Particles
Stewart, Iain W. ・ PhD ・ 1999
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Three-Dimensional Gauge Theories and Gravitational Instantons from String Theory
Cherkis, Sergey A. ・ PhD ・ 1998
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
Applications of Chiral Symmetry
Davoudiasl, Hooman ・ PhD ・ 1998
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Aspects of Heavy Quark Physics
Gremm, Martin ・ PhD ・ 1998
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Quarkonia Production in Nonrelativistic Quantum Chromodynamics
Leibovich, Adam Keith ・ PhD ・ 1998
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Electroweak Baryogenesis via Scalar Baryon Number Transport
Westphal, Eric Rodney ・ PhD ・ 1998
Advisor: Preskill, John P.
Effective Field Theories in the Study of K_L → π+π-e+e- and Heavy Quark Fragmentation
Elwood, John Kenneth ・ PhD ・ 1997
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Stabilizer Codes and Quantum Error Correction
Gottesman, Daniel Eric ・ PhD ・ 1997
Advisor: Preskill, John P.
Topics in Heavy Quark Physics
Kapustin, Anton N. ・ PhD ・ 1997
Advisor: Preskill, John P.
Aspects of String Dualities–Orientifolds, F-Theory and Super D-Branes & the M5-Brane
Park, Jaemo ・ PhD ・ 1997
Advisor: Preskill, John P.
Dynamics of non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm systems
McGraw, Patrick Neal ・ PhD ・ 1996
Advisor: Preskill, John P.
Heavy hadrons in the large Nc limit
Chow, Chi-Keung ・ PhD ・ 1995
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Applications of heavy quark symmetry and long distance contributions to weak decays
Lu, Ming ・ PhD ・ 1995
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Applications of the Decoherence Formalism
Brun, Todd Andrew ・ PhD ・ 1994
Advisor: Gell-Mann, Murray
Quantum effective field theories in heavy quark physics and phase transitions in cosmology
Lee, Clarence L. Y. ・ PhD ・ 1994
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Non-Abelian discrete gauge theory
Lee, Kai-Ming ・ PhD ・ 1994
Advisor: Preskill, John P.
On quantum fluctuations and black holes
Yi, Piljin ・ PhD ・ 1994
Advisor: Preskill, John P.
Kac-Moody algebras and string theory
Cleaver, Gerald B. ・ PhD ・ 1993
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
The dimension of spacetime
Rosenthal, Philip J. ・ PhD ・ 1993
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
Extending the theory of random surfaces
Schmidhuber, Christof ・ PhD ・ 1993
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
Aspects of heavy quark physics
Boyd, Charles Glenn ・ PhD ・ 1991
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
On the theory of non-Abelian vortices and cosmic strings
Bucher, Martin ・ PhD ・ 1991
Advisor: Preskill, John P.
Applications of current algebra in conformal field theory
Raiten, Eric J. ・ PhD ・ 1991
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
Two topics in 2D quantum field theory
Rivlis, Gil ・ PhD ・ 1991
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
QCD Effects in Weak Radiative β-Meson Decays
Springer, Roxanne Patricia ・ PhD ・ 1991
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Strings, two-dimensional gravity, and matrix models
Yen, Tinju Tim ・ PhD ・ 1991
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
The Persistence of Charm in the Relentless Decay of Beauty
Adler, Mark ・ PhD ・ 1990
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.; Kavanagh, Ralph William
Non-Conservation of Baryon Number at High Energy in the Standard Model
Espinosa, Olivier R. ・ PhD ・ 1990
Advisor: Preskill, John P.
Flavor SU(3) predictions for charmed baryon and B-meson decays
Savage, Martin J. ・ PhD ・ 1990
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Topics in Quantum Gravity
Trivedi, Sandip Parimal ・ PhD ・ 1990
Advisor: Preskill, John P.
The Singular Mechanics of Particles and Strings
Allen, Theodore John ・ PhD ・ 1988
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
Effective Lagrangians and Infinity Cancellations for Open String Theories
Cline, James Michael ・ PhD ・ 1988
Advisor: Preskill, John P.
G/H Conformal Field Theory
Douglas, Michael Ronald ・ PhD ・ 1988
Advisor: Schwarz, John H.
Topics in Conformal Field Theory
Kiritsis, Elias B. ・ PhD ・ 1988
Advisor: Preskill, John P.
On the BRST Invariance of String Theory
Rey, Soo-Jong ・ PhD ・ 1988
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.
Quantum and Inflationary Cosmology with Higher Derivative Gravity
Mijić, Milan B. ・ PhD ・ 1987
Advisor: Preskill, John P.
Anomalous Quantum Mumbers and Topological Properties of Field Theories
Polychronakos, Alexios P. ・ PhD ・ 1987
Advisor: Preskill, John P.
Some Aspects of the Quantization of Theories with a Gauge Invariance
Siopsis, George ・ PhD ・ 1987
Advisor: Preskill, John P.
Chiral Perturbation Theory and the Weak Interaction
Bijnens, Johan Lambert ・ PhD ・ 1985
Advisor: Wise, Mark B.