Igor Klebanov

Igor R. Klebanov
Born (1962-03-29) March 29, 1962 (age 62)
Soviet Union
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS)
Princeton University (PhD)
Known forAdS/CFT correspondence, Klebanov-Strassler solution, Higher-spin theory
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
String theory
Doctoral advisorCurtis Callan
Doctoral studentsSteven Gubser
Websitewww.princeton.edu/physics/research/high-energy-theory/

Igor R. Klebanov (Russian: И́горь Ромáнович Клеба́нов; Ukrainian: Ігор Романович Клєбанов; born March 29, 1962) is an American theoretical physicist. Since 1989, he has been a faculty member at Princeton University, where he is currently a Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics and the director of the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science.[1] In 2016, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[2] Since 2022, he is the director of the Simons Collaboration on Confinement and QCD Strings.[3]

  1. ^ "Princeton University". pcts.princeton.edu. Archived from the original on December 6, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  2. ^ National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected, News from the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, May 3, 2016, archived from the original on May 6, 2016, retrieved May 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "Foundation Announces the Simons Collaboration on Confinement and QCD Strings". Simons Foundation. June 9, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2023.