Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas is a physicist and string theorist. He is professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.[1]
Leopoldo Pando Zayas | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 Havana, Cuba |
| Citizenship | USA, Cuban |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Known for | String theory |
| Awards | Silver Medal International Physics Olympiad |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Michigan |
Education and career
editLeopoldo Avelino Pando Zayas grew up in Cuba. In 1989, when he was a high school student, he won the Silver Medal in the International Physics Olympiad, which took place that year in Warsaw, Poland.[2]
Pando Zayas received his M.S. degree in physics in 1995, and his PhD in 1998, both from Moscow State University in Russia.[1] He has held visiting appointments at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey;[3] the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara; and, as a staff associate, at the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy.[4]
Research and publications
editPando Zayas specializes in string theory with a focus on quantum gravity. He has published many articles on the gauge/gravity correspondence and has applied these techniques to the study of the dynamics of superconductors and strongly interacting fluids.[1][3][4] His work has also elucidated the microscopic origin of the thermodynamics of black holes.[5]
Pando Zayas translated a two-volume textbook on applications and methods in modern geometry, by B.A. Dubrovin, A.T. Fomenko, and S.P. Nóvikov, from Russian into Spanish. This book appeared as Geometría moderna: métodos y aplicationes (Moscow, 2000).[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c University of Michigan. "Leopoldo Pando Zayas | U-M LSA Physics". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ International Physics Olympiad. "IPhO: Cuba - Individual Results". ipho-unofficial.org. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ a b Institute for Advanced Study (9 December 2019). "Leopoldo Pando Zayas". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ a b American Physical Society. "Physics - Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas". physics.aps.org. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "INSPIRE". inspirehep.net. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ Dubrovin, B.A.; Fomenko, A.T.; Novikov, S.P.; Viktoria O. (2000). Geometría moderna: métodos y aplicaciones. Translated by Malishenko; Pando Zayas, Leopoldo Avelino. Moscow: URSS. ISBN 9785836000424.