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Luca Iliesiu received a BA in Physics from Princeton University in 2015 and completed his PhD in 2020. He was appointed as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, contributing to the Simons Ultra Quantum Matter Collaboration. In January 2024, he will start his position as an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Iliesiu is a high-energy theorist with a wide range of interests in quantum field theory and quantum gravity, particularly the connections between particle physics and condensed matter physics. He aims to understand gravitational objects and black holes within the framework of quantum mechanics. His recent research includes addressing longstanding issues concerning the thermodynamics of low-temperature black holes and counting supersymmetric black hole microstates using the gravitational path integral. Additionally, he explores global symmetries in quantum gravity affected by non-perturbative effects and has developed analytical techniques in the context of conformal field theories.
University of California, Berkeley • Berkeley, CA
Starting as an assistant professor in Theoretical Physics.
Stanford University • Stanford, CA
Worked as part of the Simons Ultra Quantum Matter Collaboration.
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