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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

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

A de Sitter Farey Tail
A Castro, N Lashkari, A Maloney
(2011)
Higher spin theories in AdS3 and a gravitational exclusion principle
A Castro, A Lepage-Jutier, A Maloney
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2011)
2011,
142
Higher Spin Theories in AdS_3 and a Gravitational Exclusion Principle
A Castro, A Lepage-Jutier, A Maloney
(2010)
Hidden conformal symmetry of the Kerr black hole
A Castro, A Maloney, A Strominger
– Physical Review D
(2010)
82,
024008
Three dimensional origin of AdS 2 quantum gravity
A Castro, C Keeler, F Larsen
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2010)
2010,
33
Hidden Conformal Symmetry of the Kerr Black Hole
A Castro, A Maloney, A Strominger
(2010)
Three Dimensional Origin of AdS_2 Quantum Gravity
A Castro, C Keeler, F Larsen
(2010)
Near extremal Kerr entropy from AdS2quantum gravity
A Castro, F Larsen
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2009)
2009,
037
Near Extremal Kerr Entropy from AdS_2 Quantum Gravity
A Castro, F Larsen
(2009)
Corrections to the statistical entropy of five dimensional black holes
A Castro, S Murthy
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2009)
2009,
024
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Research Group

High Energy Physics

Room

B2.19