Anton Kapustin

Anton Nikolayevich Kapustin (born November 10, 1971, Moscow) is a Russian-American theoretical physicist and the Earle C. Anthony Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology. His interests lie in quantum field theory and string theory, and their applications to particle physics and condensed matter theory. He is the son of the pianist-composer Nikolai Kapustin.[1]

Anton Kapustin
Born
Anton Nikolayevich Kapustin

(1971-11-10) November 10, 1971
Moscow, Russian SFSR
NationalityRussian-American
Alma materMoscow State University (B.S.),
California Institute of Technology (Ph.D.)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsMoscow State University
California Institute of Technology
Institute for Advanced Study
ThesisTopics in Heavy Quark Physics (1997)
Doctoral advisorJohn Preskill

Education

Kapustin obtained a B.S. in physics from Moscow State University in 1993. He received a Ph.D. in physics from the California Institute of Technology in 1997 with John Preskill as his advisor.

Research

He has made several contributions to dualities and other aspects of quantum field theories, in particular topological field theories and supersymmetric gauge theories. With Edward Witten he discovered deep connections between the S-duality of supersymmetric gauge theories and the geometric Langlands correspondence. In recent years, he has focused on mathematical structures in and classification schemes of topological field theories and symmetry protected topological phases.

References
  1. "Nikolai Kapustin". Retrieved January 27, 2021.
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