Caltech Theory

Graduate Alumni — PhD

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.