Cumrun Vafa | |
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| Born | 1 August 1960 |
| Nationality | Iranian-American |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Known for | F-theory Vafa–Witten theorem Gopakumar–Vafa invariant Mirror symmetry Swampland Weak gravity conjecture |
| Awards | Dirac Medal (2008) Eisenbud Prize (2008) Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (2016) Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2017) Mustafa Prize (2021) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward Witten |
| Doctoral students | Freddy Cachazo Daniel L. Jafferis Andrew Neitzke Eric Zaslow |
Cumrun Vafa (Persian: کامران وفا, Persian pronunciation: [kɒːmˈrɒːn væˈfɒː]; born 1 August 1960) is an Iranian-American theoretical physicist and the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard University.