Sergei Gukov Scientist

Sergei Gukov (Russian: Серге́й Гу́ков; born 1977) is a string theorist who is a professor of physics at Caltech and at UCSB (University of California Santa Barbara). Gukov graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) in Moscow, Russia before obtaining a doctorate in physics from Princeton University under the supervision of Edward Witten.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 01, 1977
Birth place	Moscow , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Nationality	Russia
Education	Princeton University
Known for	Algebraic geometry Diophantine equation Quantum gravity String theory Gauge theory Special Holonomy Manifolds

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Scientist

awards	Clay Mathematics Institute Long Term Prize Fellowship Pomeranchuk Award for Young Scientists Sloan Research Fellowship in Science & Technology 1st Prize USSR Physics Olympiad & Moscow Mathematics Olympiad
doctoral advisor	Edward Witten
Field of study	Theoretical physics