Donald Marolf
Donald Michael Marolf is a theoretical physicist, a professor of physics, and former head of the physics department at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Donald M. Marolf | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | University of Texas at Austin |
| Known for | Firewall paradox |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics, General Relativity, Quantum Gravity |
| Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara Syracuse University |
| Doctoral advisor | Bryce DeWitt |
Biography
Marolf gained his Ph.D. from University of Texas at Austin in 1992, under Bryce DeWitt with a thesis on Green's Bracket Algebras and Their Quantization.[1] His undergraduate-degree is from William Jewell College, in 1987.
He is an expert on thermodynamics of black holes, gravitational aspects in string theory, classical- and quantum-gravity. In the past he has worked on the canonical approach to quantum-gravity, lower-dimensional models of quantum-gravity, issues related to quantization of diffeomorphism-invariant theories, and a number of other topics. He has published 113 scientific papers through 2007.
See also
References
- Mathematics Genealogy Project listing
External links
- Official web page at UCSB
- Online lecture: "Entropy Bounds: Can We Live Without Them? Dr. Don Marolf, UCSB"