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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Dr Alejandra Castro Anich

Professional Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, October 2022–onwards.

Associate Professor, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, January 2017–September 2022.

Assistant Professor, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, September 2013–December 2016.

Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature, Harvard University, September 2012–August 2013.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Physics Department, McGill University, July 2009–August 2012.

Education

Ph.D. in Physics, University of Michigan, 2009. Dissertation: String Theory Effects on Black Hole Physics. Advisor: Prof. Finn Larsen.

Licenciatura en Astronomia, Maximum Distinction, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, 2004. Advisor: Prof. Maximo Bañados.

Publications

Wilson lines and entanglement entropy in higher spin gravity
M Ammon, A Castro, N Iqbal
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2013)
2013,
110
(doi: 10.1007/jhep10(2013)110)
Black hole monodromy and conformal field theory
A Castro, JM Lapan, A Maloney, MJ Rodriguez
– Physical Review D
(2013)
88,
044003
(doi: 10.1103/physrevd.88.044003)
On the universality of inner black hole mechanics and higher curvature gravity
A Castro, N Dehmami, G Giribet, D Kastor
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2013)
2013,
164
(doi: 10.1007/jhep07(2013)164)
Black hole scattering from monodromy
A Castro, JM Lapan, A Maloney, MJ Rodriguez
– Classical and Quantum Gravity
(2013)
30,
165005
(doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/30/16/165005)
Wilson Lines and Entanglement Entropy in Higher Spin Gravity
M Ammon, A Castro, N Iqbal
(2013)
(link to publication)
Smoothed transitions in higher spin AdS gravity
S Banerjee, A Castro, S Hellerman, E Hijano, A Lepage-Jutier, A Maloney, S Shenker
– Classical and Quantum Gravity
(2013)
30,
104001
(doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/30/10/104001)
Black Hole Scattering from Monodromy
A Castro, JM Lapan, A Maloney, MJ Rodriguez
(2013)
(link to publication)
On the Universality of Inner Black Hole Mechanics and Higher Curvature Gravity
A Castro, N Dehmami, G Giribet, D Kastor
(2013)
(link to publication)
Black Hole Monodromy and Conformal Field Theory
A Castro, JM Lapan, A Maloney, MJ Rodriguez
(2013)
(link to publication)
The wave function of quantum de Sitter
A Castro, A Maloney
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2012)
2012,
96
(doi: 10.1007/JHEP11(2012)096)
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Research Group

High Energy Physics

Email

ac2553@cam.ac.uk

Room

B2.19

Study at Cambridge

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