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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

Deconstructing the D0-D6 system
A Castro, J Simon
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2009)
2009,
078
Deconstructing the D0-D6 system
A Castro, J Simon
(2009)
Holographic description of AdS2 black holes
A Castro, D Grumiller, F Larsen, R McNees
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2008)
2008,
052
Holographic Description of AdS_2 Black Holes
A Castro, D Grumiller, F Larsen, R McNees
(2008)
Corrections to the statistical entropy of five dimensional black holes
A Castro, S Murthy
(2008)
String Theory Effects on Five-Dimensional Black Hole Physics
A Castro, JL Davis, P Kraus, F Larsen
(2008)
Precision entropy of spinning black holes
A Castro, F Larsen, JL Davis, P Kraus
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2007)
2007,
003
5D black holes and strings with higher derivatives
A Castro, F Larsen
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2007)
2007,
007
Precision Entropy of Spinning Black Holes
A Castro, JL Davis, P Kraus, F Larsen
(2007)
5D attractors with higher derivatives
A Castro, F Larsen, JL Davis, P Kraus
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2007)
2007,
091
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Research Group

High Energy Physics

Room

B2.19