Abhay Ashtekar
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Abhay Ashtekar is an Indian-American theoretical physicist renowned for founding loop quantum gravity and making major contributions to general relativity and quantum gravity.
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| Abhay Ashtekar canonical | 2 |
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| instanceOf |
Indian-American
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person ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| almaMater |
University of Chicago
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University of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Einstein Prize of the American Physical Society
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Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ Honorary doctorate from the University of Warsaw ⓘ Senior Forschungspreis of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
India
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United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Bombay University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Pennsylvania State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Ashtekar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
general relativity
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loop quantum gravity NERFINISHED ⓘ quantum gravity ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Abhay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
cosmology
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mathematical relativity ⓘ quantum aspects of black holes ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
monographs on quantum gravity
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research articles on general relativity ⓘ research articles on loop quantum gravity ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to general relativity
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contributions to quantum gravity ⓘ founding loop quantum gravity ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Hindi ⓘ Marathi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Physical Society
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International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Abhay Ashtekar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
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Indian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ashtekar variables in canonical quantum gravity
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formulation of loop quantum gravity ⓘ work on asymptotic structure of spacetime ⓘ work on black hole thermodynamics in loop quantum gravity ⓘ work on cosmological singularities ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
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researcher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos at Pennsylvania State University
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Eberly Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University ⓘ |
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