Andrew Strominger

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Andrew E. Strominger
Andy Strominger at Harvard
Born	(1955-07-30) July 30, 1955 (age 68)
Citizenship	US
Alma mater	Harvard College (AB, 1977) University of California, Berkeley (MA, 1979) MIT (PhD, 1982)
Known for	CGHS model Contributions to: String theory Quantum gravity dS/CFT correspondence Kerr/CFT correspondence SYZ conjecture S-brane
Awards	Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2017) Klein Medal (2014) Dirac Medal (2014) Dannie Heineman Prize (2016) Guggenheim Fellowship (2020)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of California, Santa Barbara Harvard University
Thesis	The large symmetry approximation in quantum field theory (1981)
Doctoral advisor	Roman Jackiw
Doctoral students	Ruth Britto Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski Anastasia Volovich Xi Yin

Andrew Eben Strominger (/ˈstrɑːmɪndʒər/;^[1] born 1955) is an American theoretical physicist who is the director of Harvard's Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature. He has made significant contributions to quantum gravity and string theory. These include his work on Calabi–Yau compactification and topology change in string theory, and on the stringy origin of black hole entropy. He is a senior fellow at the Society of Fellows, and is the Gwill E. York Professor of Physics.