Enrico Fermi Institute
5640 Ellis Ave.
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinios 60637
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Email: e-martinec at uchicago.edu

U.S. citizen
Name: Emil John Martinec
Place of Birth: Downers Grove, Illinois
Date of Birth: 4 October, 1958
Current Position: Professor, University of Chicago

1976-79     Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. majored in
                        physics and math, graduating cum laude with a B.A. in 1979
1979-82     Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
                        Summer 1982 Les Houches Summer School of Theoretical Physics
                        ``Recent Advances in Field Theory and Statistical Mechanics"
1982-84     Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in absentia
                        from Cornell University. Cornell Ph.D. conferred June, 1984
1984-86     Research Associate, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Fall 1986     Visitor, ITP, Santa Barbara, CA
1986-87     Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1987-89     Associate Professor, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1990-          Professor, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
 

 1987-91 -- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow
 1987-92 -- NSF Presidential Young Investigator
 1987-90 -- DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator.

Superstring/M-theories; specifically, their geometrical structure and their role in grand unification and the quantization of gravity. Also theories of random surfaces, quantum gravity, black hole physics, two-dimensional quantum field theory.

Research History
 

Discoverer of one of the four consistent string theories in collaboration with co-workers at Princeton[3-5], currently considered the most promising framework for a unified theory of the physical world. Kinematic and dynamical structure of superstrings has also been investigated in various publications[6-9,17,19,24,26]. In particular, the coupling of strings to background fields in spacetime[6] and a covariant quantization procedure[8,9] were developed; relations between string dynamics and the general theory of the renormalization group have also been investigated[17,24,26]. Discovered construction relating all known critical string theories[45,46,47]. Showed how to describe D-branes (a class of spatially extended objects in string theory) as string field solitons [66,67,68].

Publications
 

1. ``Superspace Geometry of Fermionic Strings'' Phys. Rev. D28 (1983) 2604.
2. ``Soluble Systems in Quantum Gravity'' Phys. Rev. D30 (1984) 1198.
3. ``Heterotic String'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 54 (1985) 502, with D. Gross, J. Harvey, and R. Rohm.
4. ``Heterotic Strings I. The Free Heterotic String'' Nucl. Phys. B256 (1985) 253, with D. Gross, J. Harvey, and R. Rohm.
5. ``Heterotic Strings II. The Interacting Heterotic String'' Nucl. Phys. B267 (1986) 75, with D. Gross, J. Harvey, and R. Rohm.
6. ``Strings in Background Fields'' Nucl. Phys. B262 (1985) 593, with C. Callan, D. Friedan, and M. Perry.
7. ``Conformal Invariance and String Dynamics'', in ``Unified String Theories'', with M. Green and D. Gross, (eds.) World Scientific (1986).
8. ``Covariant Quantization of Superstrings'' Phys. Lett. 160B (1985) 55, with D. Friedan and S. Shenker.
9. ``Conformal Invariance, Supersymmetry, and String Theory'' Nucl. Phys. B271 (1986) 93, with D. Friedan and S. Shenker.
10. ``Nonrenormalization Theorems and Fermionic String Finiteness'' Phys. Lett. 171B (1986) 189.
11. ``All Free String Theories are Theories of Forms'' Nucl. Phys. B274 (1986) 71, with T. Banks, D. Friedan, M. Peskin, and C. Preitschopf.
12. ``Conformal Field Theory on a (Super) Riemann Surface'' Nucl. Phys. B281 (1987) 157.
13. ``Conformal Geometry and String Field Theory'' Nucl. Phys. B278 (1986) 91, with S. Giddings.
14. ``Modular Invariance in String Field Theory'' Phys. Lett. 176B (1986) 362, with S. Giddings and E. Witten.
15. ``Strings and Conformal Geometry'', talk at the Symp. on Topological and Geom. Methods in Field Theory, Espoo, Finland (1986).
16. ``The Conformal Field Theory of Orbifolds'' Nucl. Phys. B282 (1987) 13, with L. Dixon, D. Friedan, and S. Shenker.
17. ``The Renormalization Group and String Field Theory'' Nucl. Phys. B294 (1987) 733, with T. Banks.
18. ``String Calculus: Conformal Field Theory as a Tool in String Theory'', in the Proc. of the 1987 ICTP Spring School on Superstring Theory, L. Alvarez-Gaum\'e et. al. (eds.), World Scientific (1988).
19. ``Phenomenology and Conformal Field Theory, or Can String Theory Predict the Weak Mixing Angle?'' Nucl. Phys. B299 (1988) 613, with T. Banks, L. Dixon, and D. Friedan.
20. ``Current Algebra and Conformal Discrete Series'' Phys. Lett. 200B (1988) 434, with D. Kastor and Z. Qiu.
21. ``Renormalization Group Flow in N=1 Discrete Series'', with D. Kastor and S. H. Shenker Nucl. Phys. B316 (1989) 590.
22. ``Quantum Field Theory: A Guide for Mathematicians'', lecture at the 1987 AMS Summer Institute on Theta Functions, Chicago preprint EFI-87-107, (December 1987), to appear in the proceedings.
23. ``Superghosts Revisited: Supersymmetric Bosonization'' Phys. Lett. 208B (1988) 249, with G. Sotkov.
24. ``Algebraic Geometry and Effective Lagrangians" Phys. Lett. 217B (1989) 431.
25. ``The space of 2-d quantum field theories'' In {\it Oxford 1988, Proceedings, The interface of mathematics and particle physics} pp107-115.
26. ``Criticality, Catastrophes, and Compactifications", in the V.G. Knizhnik memorial volume, {\it Physics and Mathematics of Strings}, L. Brink et.al. (eds.), World Scientific Publishing Co. (1990).
27. ``Unoriented Strings and Matrix Ensembles'', with G. Harris Phys. Lett. 245B (1990) 384. 28. ``On the Origin of Integrability in Matrix Models'' Comm. Math. Phys. 138 (1991) 437.
29. ``Boundary Operators in 2D Gravity'', with G. Moore and N. Seiberg Phys. Lett. 263B (1992) 190. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9109055.
30. ``Ground Rings and their Modules in 2d Gravity with $c\le1$ Matter'', with D. Kutasov and N. Seiberg Phys. Lett. B276 (1992) 437. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9111048.
31. ``An introduction to 2-d gravity and solvable string models'', Lectures at the 1991 Trieste Spring School on String Theory and Quantum Geometry, Trieste, Italy, Apr 15-23, 1991. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9112019
32. ``Black Hole Physics and Liouville Theory'', with S. Shatashvili Nucl. Phys. B368 (1992) 338.
33. ``The Light Cone in String Theory'' Class. Quant. Grav. 10 (1993)L187. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9304037.
34. ``String Causality'', in the proceedings of the Carg\`ese Workshop on QCD and String Theory (June 1993). e-Print Archive: hep-th/9311129.
35. ``Critical and Topological Properties of Cluster Boundaries in the 3-d Ising Model'', with V. S. Dotsenko, P. Windey (Paris, Curie Univ. VI, LPTHE), G. Harris, E. Marinari (Rome U., Syracuse U.), M. Picco (Rome U., TorVergata). Phys. Rev. Lett. 71 (1993) 811-814. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9304088
36. ``Black Hole Evaporation along Macroscopic Strings'', with A. Lawrence, Phys.Rev. D50 (1994) 2680. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9312127
37. ``Spacelike Singularities and String Theory", Class. Quant. Grav. 12 (1995) 941-950. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9412074.
38. ``The Phenomenology of Strings and Clusters in the 3-d Ising Model", with V. S. Dotsenko, M. Picco, P. Windey, G. Harris, and E. Marinari. Proceedings of the Carg\`ese Workshop on Quantum Field Theory and String Theory (June 1993); L. Baulieu et.al. (eds.) (Plenum Press, NY (1995)). e-Print Archive: hep-th/9401129.
39. ``Selfavoiding Surfaces in the 3-d Ising Model", with V. S. Dotsenko, M. Picco, P. Windey, G. Harris, and E. Marinari, Nucl. Phys. B448 (1995) 577-620. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9504076.
40. ``Two-Dimensional Models of Black Hole Evaporation'', Class. Quant. Grav. 13 (1996) 1-25.
41. ``String field theory in curved space-time and the resolution of spacelike singularities'', with Albion Lawrence Class. Quant. Grav. 13 (1996) 63-96. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9509149.
42. ``Integrable systems and supersymmetric gauge theory'', with Nicholas Warner, Nucl. Phys. B459 (1996) 97-112. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9509161.
43. ``Integrable structures in supersymmetric gauge and string theory'', Phys. Lett. B367 (1996) 91-96. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9510204.
44. ``Integrability in N=2 gauge theory: a proof'', with Nicholas P. Warner, e-Print Archive: hep-th/9511052.
45. ``New principles for string/membrane unification'', with David Kutasov, Nucl. Phys. B477 (1996) 652-674. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9602049.
46. ``Vacua of M-theory and N=2 strings'', with David Kutasov and Martin O'Loughlin, Nucl. Phys. B477 (1996) 675-700. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9603116.
47. ``Geometrical Structures of M-theory'', talk at STRINGS96. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9608117.
48. ``M-branes and N=2 Strings'', with David Kutasov; Class. Quant. Grav. 14 (1997) 2483. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9612102.
49. ``Matrix Black Holes'', with Miao Li; Class. Quant. Grav. 14 (1997) 3187. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9703211.
50. ``On the Entropy of Matrix Black Holes'', with Miao Li; Class. Quant. Grav. 14 (1997) 3205. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9704134.
51. ``Matrix Theory and N=(2,1) Strings'', e-Print Archive: hep-th/9706194.
52. ``Black Holes in Matrix Theory'', with Miao Li; talk at STRINGS97. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9709114.
53. ``M-theory and N=2 Strings'', lectures at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Strings, Branes, and Dualities; Cargese, France, June 1997. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9710122.
54. ``Comments on Black Holes in Matrix Theory'', with G. Horowitz; Phys. Rev.; D57 (1998) 4935. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9710217.
55. ``Probing Matrix Black Holes'', with Miao Li; e-Print Archive: hep-th/9801070.
56. ``Matrix Models of AdS Gravity'', e-Print Archive: hep-th/9804111.
57. ``AdS Dynamics from Conformal Field Theory'', with T. Banks, M.R. Douglas, G. Horowitz; e-Print Archive: hep-th/9808016.
58. ``Conformal Field Theory, Geometry, and Entropy'' e-Print Archive: hep-th/9809021.
59. ``Black Holes and the SYM Phase Diagram'', with Miao Li, Vatche Sahakian; Phys.Rev. D59 (1999) 044035. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9809061.
60. ``Black Holes and the Super Yang-Mills diagram. II'', with Vatche Sahakian; Phys.Rev. D59 (1999) 124005. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9810224.
61. ``Black Holes and Five-brane Thermodynamics'', with Vatche Sahakian; Phys.Rev. D60 (1999) 064002. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9901135.
62. ``U(1) Charges and Moduli in the D1-D5 System'', with Finn Larsen; JHEP 9906 (1999) 016. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9905064.
63. ``A Note on the Thermodynamics of 'little string' Theory''. with Vatche Sahakian; e-Print Archive: hep-th/9906137.
64. ``Black Holes and the Phases of Brane Thermodynamics''. Lectures given at NATO Advanced Study Institute: TMR Summer School on Progress in String Theory and M-Theory (Cargese 99), Cargese, Corsica, France, 24 May - 5 Jun 1999. e-Print Archive: hep-th/9909049.
65. ``Currents and Moduli in the (4,0) Theory''. with Finn Larsen; e-Print Archive: hep-th/9909088.
66. ``On the relevance of tachyons''. with Jeff Harvey and David Kutasov; e-Print Archive: hep-th/0003101.
67. ``D-branes and Strings as Non-commutative Solitons''. with Jeff Harvey, Per Kraus, and Finn Larsen; e-Print Archive: hep-th/0005031.
68. ``Noncommutative Solitons on Orbifolds''. with Gregory Moore; e-Print Archive: hep-th/0101199.
69. ``String Theory on AdS Orbifolds''. with Will McElgin; e-Print Archive: hep-th/0106171.
70. ``Localized Tachyons and RG Flows''. with Jeff Harvey, David Kutasov, and Gregory Moore; e-Print Archive: hep-th/0111154.
71. ``Exciting AdS Orbifolds''. with Will McElgin; e-Print Archive: hep-th/0206175.
72. ``Defects, Decay, and Dissipated States''. Lectures given at NATO Advanced Study Institute and EC Summer School on Progress in String, Field and Particle Theory, Cargese, Corsica, France, 25 Jun - 11 Jul 2002. e-Print Archive: hep-th/0210231.
73. ``On Decay of K-theory''. with Gregory Moore; e-Print Archive: hep-th/0212059.
74. ``Closed String Tachyon Condensation and Worldsheet Inflation''. with Bruno Carneiro da Cunha; e-Print Archive: hep-th/0303087.
75. The Annular Report on Non-critical String Theory. e-Print Archive: hep-th/0305148.
76. A New Hat for the c=1 Matrix Model. with M.R. Douglas, I.R. Klebanov, D. Kutasov, J. Maldacena, and N. Seiberg; e-Print Archive: hep-th/0307195.
77. The Search for a Holographic Dual to AdS_3 x S^3 x S^3 x S^1. with S. Gukov, G. Moore, and A. Strominger; e-Print Archive: hep-th/0403090.
78. Chern-Simons Gauge Theory and the AdS_3/CFT_2 Correspondence. with S. Gukov, G. Moore, and A. Strominger; e-Print Archive: hep-th/0403225.
79. An Index for 2d Field Theories with Large N=4 Superconformal Symmetry. with S. Gukov, G. Moore, and A. Strominger; e-Print Archive: hep-th/0404023.
80. Scattered Results in 2D String Theory. with Kazumi Okuyama; e-Print Archive: hep-th/0407136
81. Matrix Models and 2D String Theory Lectures given at the summer school "Applications of Random Matrices in Physics", les Houches; and the Summer School on Strings, Gravity & Cosmology, Univ. of British Columbia; e-Print Archive: hep-th/0410136
82. Boundary Ground Ring in Minimal String Theory. with Anirban Basu; e-Print Archive: hep-th/0509142
 

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