The Della Pietra Lectures by Edward Frenkel, University of California, Berkeley
Article by Lorraine Walsh
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Charting the Next Decades of U.S. Particle Physics. From Snowmass to the Muon Shot: How the Community Builds a Vision for Discovery
By Patrick Meade. Professor, C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stony Brook University
Emergence of Order in Fluid Motion. By Theodore D. Drivas
By Theodore D. Drivas. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Stony Brook University
Shocks in Compressible Fluids. By John Anderson
By John Anderson. Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Stony Brook University
The SCGP Seeks Tenured Mathematics Professor (Permanent Faculty Member)
The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University seeks applications for one Tenured Professor position in Mathematics; the candidate will also be a Tenured Professor at the Mathematics department. The search is open to outstanding candidates in the area of geometry understood in a broad sense and related areas. The applicant does … Read more
The SCGP seeks Research Assistant Professors/Postdocs for Fall 2026
The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics has openings for Research Assistant Professors (Postdocs) in the coming academic year. These are three-year, fixed term positions with an expected start date of September 1, 2026. Stony Brook University’s Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is an endowed research organization devoted to furthering fundamental knowledge in geometry and … Read more
New Structures Found Within Quantum Field Theory. Interview with Professor Nikita Nekrasov
“We thought we understood quantum field theory—but there are still profound structures waiting to be uncovered.” — Professor Nikita Nekrasov In this in-depth interview, Professor Nikita Nekrasov discusses newly discovered structures within quantum field theory, shedding light on their mathematical foundations and physical significance. A must-watch for researchers and students interested in gauge theory, integrable … Read more
Reprint from Quanta Magazine: Heat Destroys All Order. Except for in This One Special Case:
Reprint from Quanta Magazine: Heat Destroys All Order. Except for in This One Special Case: Zohar Komargodski, a theoretical physicist at Stony Brook University, helped prove that in a very specific system, order will never break down… Read more here: https://www.quantamagazine.org/heat-destroys-all-order-except-for-in-this-one-special-case-20250116/
Milestones and Prizes
Congratulations to John Pardon on winning the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize for important results in geometry and topology, particularly in the field of symplectic geometry and pseudo-holomorphic curves, which are certain types of smooth surfaces in manifolds.
From Billiard Dynamics to Riemann Surfaces
From Billiard Dynamics to Riemann Surfaces. By Samuel Grushevsky
Teichmuller Dynamics via Algebraic Geometry