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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

Warped Symmetries of the Kerr Black Hole
A Aggarwal, A Castro, S Detournay
(2019)
(link to publication)
Breaking away from the near horizon of extreme Kerr
A Castro, V Godet
(2019)
(link to publication)
Siegel paramodular forms and sparseness in AdS3/CFT2
A Belin, A Castro, J Gomes, CA Keller
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2018)
2018,
37
(doi: 10.1007/JHEP11(2018)037)
Wilson lines and Ishibashi states in AdS3/CFT2
A Castro, N Iqbal, E Llabres
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2018)
2018,
66
(doi: 10.1007/JHEP09(2018)066)
5D Rotating Black Holes and the nAdS$_2$/nCFT$_1$ Correspondence
A Castro, F Larsen, I Papadimitriou
(2018)
(link to publication)
Siegel Paramodular Forms and Sparseness in AdS$_3$/CFT$_2$
A Belin, A Castro, J Gomes, CA Keller
(2018)
(link to publication)
Logarithmic corrections to black hole entropy: the non-BPS branch
A Castro, V Godet, F Larsen, Y Zeng
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2018)
2018,
79
(doi: 10.1007/jhep05(2018)079)
Wilson Lines and Ishibashi States in AdS$_3$/CFT$_2$
A Castro, N Iqbal, E Llabrés
(2018)
(link to publication)
Logarithmic Corrections to Black Hole Entropy: the Non-BPS Branch
A Castro, V Godet, F Larsen, Y Zeng
(2018)
(link to publication)
Tweaking one-loop determinants in AdS3
A Castro, C Keeler, P Szepietowski
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2017)
2017,
70
(doi: 10.1007/JHEP10(2017)070)
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Research Group

High Energy Physics

Email

ac2553@cam.ac.uk

Room

B2.19

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