Dr. Fridrik Gautason

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Biography

Fridrik Freyr Gautason is a Lecturer in String Theory at the University of Southampton. He obtained his PhD from Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany in 2014. Following his doctoral studies, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven, Belgium from 2014 to 2020, and then at the University of Iceland from 2020 to 2024. His research primarily explores fundamental aspects of string theory, with a particular focus on holography and supersymmetric quantum field theories. Fridrik is actively involved in accepting applications from PhD students and is dedicated to advancing the field through his academic work and research initiatives.

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Lecturer

2024-01-01 — Present

University of Southampton • Southampton, England

Lecturer in String Theory.