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Theoretical High Energy Particle Physics Group

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

Quantum Topologically Massive Gravity in de Sitter Space
A Castro, N Lashkari, A Maloney
(2011)
A de Sitter Farey Tail
A Castro, N Lashkari, A Maloney
(2011)
Higher spin theories in AdS3 and a gravitational exclusion principle
A Castro, A Lepage-Jutier, A Maloney
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2011)
2011,
142
Higher Spin Theories in AdS_3 and a Gravitational Exclusion Principle
A Castro, A Lepage-Jutier, A Maloney
(2010)
Hidden conformal symmetry of the Kerr black hole
A Castro, A Maloney, A Strominger
– Physical Review D
(2010)
82,
024008
Three dimensional origin of AdS2 quantum gravity
A Castro, C Keeler, F Larsen
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2010)
2010,
33
Hidden Conformal Symmetry of the Kerr Black Hole
A Castro, A Maloney, A Strominger
(2010)
Three Dimensional Origin of AdS_2 Quantum Gravity
A Castro, C Keeler, F Larsen
(2010)
Near extremal Kerr entropy from AdS2 quantum gravity
A Castro, F Larsen
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2009)
2009,
037
Near Extremal Kerr Entropy from AdS_2 Quantum Gravity
A Castro, F Larsen
(2009)
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Research Group

High Energy Physics

Room

B2.19