Shamit Kachru | |
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| Born | July 13, 1970 (age 54) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Princeton University |
| Known for | Work on string duality and AdS/CFT correspondence Inflation (cosmology) and String theory landscape Physical mathematics |
| Awards | Department of Energy Outstanding Junior Investigator Award, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship, Bergmann Memorial Award, Simons Investigator Award, American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward Witten |
Shamit Kachru (born 1970) is an American theoretical physicist, a professor emeritus of physics at Stanford University, and a former Wells Family Director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. He served as the Stanford Physics Department Chair from 2018 to 2021. He retired in 2023.