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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

Black Hole Monodromy and Conformal Field Theory
A Castro, JM Lapan, A Maloney, MJ Rodriguez
(2013)
The wave function of quantum de Sitter
A Castro, A Maloney
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2012)
2012,
96
The Wave Function of Quantum de Sitter
A Castro, A Maloney
(2012)
Smoothed Transitions in Higher Spin AdS Gravity
S Banerjee, A Castro, S Hellerman, E Hijano, A Lepage-Jutier, A Maloney, S Shenker
(2012)
Universal properties and the first law of black hole inner mechanics
A Castro, MJ Rodriguez
– Physical Review D
(2012)
86,
024008
Unitarity bounds in AdS3 higher spin gravity
A Castro, E Hijano, A Lepage-Jutier
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2012)
2012,
1
Universal properties and the first law of black hole inner mechanics
A Castro, MJ Rodriguez
(2012)
Conical defects in higher spin theories
A Castro, R Gopakumar, M Gutperle, J Raeymaekers
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2012)
2012,
96
Unitarity Bounds in AdS_3 Higher Spin Gravity
A Castro, E Hijano, A Lepage-Jutier
(2012)
String theory effects on five-dimensional black hole physics
A Castro, JL Davis, P Kraus, F Larsen
– International Journal of Modern Physics A
(2012)
23,
613
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Research Group

High Energy Physics

Room

B2.19