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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

Gravity dual of the Ising model
A Castro, MR Gaberdiel, T Hartman, A Maloney, R Volpato
– Physical Review D
(2012)
85,
024032
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.85.024032)
Black holes and singularity resolution in higher spin gravity
A Castro, E Hijano, A Lepage-Jutier, A Maloney
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2012)
2012,
31
(doi: 10.1007/jhep01(2012)031)
Conical Defects in Higher Spin Theories
A Castro, R Gopakumar, M Gutperle, J Raeymaekers
(2011)
(link to publication)
The Gravity Dual of the Ising Model
A Castro, MR Gaberdiel, T Hartman, A Maloney, R Volpato
(2011)
(link to publication)
Black Holes and Singularity Resolution in Higher Spin Gravity
A Castro, E Hijano, A Lepage-Jutier, A Maloney
(2011)
(link to publication)
The gravitational exclusion principle and null states in anti-de Sitter space
A Castro, T Hartman, A Maloney
– Classical and Quantum Gravity
(2011)
28,
195012
(doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/28/19/195012)
Quantum topologically massive gravity in de Sitter space
A Castro, N Lashkari, A Maloney
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2011)
2011,
40
(doi: 10.1007/JHEP08(2011)040)
The Gravitational Exclusion Principle and Null States in Anti-de Sitter Space
A Castro, T Hartman, A Maloney
(2011)
(link to publication)
A de Sitter Farey tail
A Castro, N Lashkari, A Maloney
– Physical Review D
(2011)
83,
124027
(doi: 10.1103/physrevd.83.124027)
Quantum Topologically Massive Gravity in de Sitter Space
A Castro, N Lashkari, A Maloney
(2011)
(link to publication)
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Research Group

High Energy Physics

Email

ac2553@cam.ac.uk

Room

B2.19

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