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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

Conformal field theories dual to quantum gravity with strongly coupled matter
L Apolo, A Belin, S Bintanja, A Castro, CA Keller
– Physical Review D
(2023)
108,
l061901
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.108.L061901)
Near-Extremal Limits of Warped Black Holes
A Aggarwal, A Castro, S Detournay, B Mühlmann
(2023)
(link to publication)
Coupling Fields to 3D Quantum Gravity via Chern-Simons Theory
A Castro, I Coman, JR Fliss, C Zukowski
(2023)
(link to publication)
Keeping matter in the loop in dS$_3$ quantum gravity
A Castro, I Coman, JR Fliss, C Zukowski
(2023)
(link to publication)
Near-Extremal Limits of de Sitter Black Holes
A Castro, F Mariani, C Toldo
(2022)
(link to publication)
Conformal field theories dual to quantum gravity with strongly coupled matter
L Apolo, A Belin, S Bintanja, A Castro, CA Keller
(2022)
(link to publication)
The stranger things of symmetric product orbifold CFTs
N Benjamin, S Bintanja, A Castro, J Hollander
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2022)
2022,
54
(doi: 10.1007/JHEP11(2022)054)
Near-Extremal Limits of Warped CFTs
A Aggarwal, A Castro, S Detournay, B Mühlmann
(2022)
(link to publication)
The Stranger Things of Symmetric Product Orbifold CFTs
N Benjamin, S Bintanja, A Castro, J Hollander
(2022)
(link to publication)
Deforming symmetric product orbifolds: a tale of moduli and higher spin currents
L Apolo, A Belin, S Bintanja, A Castro, CA Keller
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2022)
2022,
159
(doi: 10.1007/JHEP08(2022)159)
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Research Group

High Energy Physics

Email

ac2553@cam.ac.uk

Room

B2.19

Study at Cambridge

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