Ahmed Almheiri

Ahmed Almheiri
أحمد المهيري
Born1986
NationalityUnited Arab Emirates
EducationUniversity of Toronto (B.Sc/B.A, 2008)
University of California - Santa Barbara (M.A, 2010)
University of California, Santa Barbara (Ph.D, 2014)
AwardsMohammed bin Rashid Knowledge Award (2024)
New Horizons in Physics Prize (2021)
Pride of Emirates medal (2020)
Lancaster Dissertation Award (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsNew York University Abu Dhabi
Institute for Advanced Study
Stanford University
ThesisThe Black Hole Firewall and Top-Down Constructions of AdS/CFT (2014)
Doctoral advisorJoseph Polchinski

Ahmed Almheiri (Arabic: أحمد المهيري) is an Emirati theoretical physicist. He is currently an assistant professor of physics at New York University Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island.[1] He is known for his works on the AdS/CFT correspondence, black hole information paradox[2] and black hole firewalls.[3][4]

Education and career

Ahmed completed his undergraduate studies from University of Toronto in 2008. He obtained his Ph.D in physics from University of California, Santa Barbara in 2014 under the supervision of Joseph Polchinski.[5] His thesis titled The Black Hole Firewall and Top-Down Constructions of AdS/CFT was awarded the Winifred and Louis Lancaster Dissertation Award in 2014.[6] He has held postdoctoral positions at Stanford University (2014–17) where he worked on the realization of the AdS/CFT correspondence as a quantum error correction code,[7] and at the Institute for Advanced Study (2017–22)[8] during which he made contributions to calculating the entropy for the radiation of a black hole.[2] He joined New York University Abu Dhabi as a faculty member since 2022.

Awards

Ahmed was jointly awarded the New Horizons in Physics Prize by the Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation in 2021 for "calculating the quantum information of a black hole and its radiation".[4][9] He was awarded the Pride of Emirates medal in 2020 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.[1][10][11] In November 2024, he was jointly awarded the Mohammed bin Rashid Knowledge Award (MBRKA) by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation.[12]

Research publications

A list of Ahmed's research publications can be found in the INSPIRE HEP database.

Books

Ahmed served as an editor for the autobiographical memoir Memories of a Theoretical Physicist by Joseph Polchinski.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b Dhabi, NYU Abu. "Ahmed Eid Khamis Thani Almheiri". New York University Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  2. ^ a b Almheiri, Ahmed (2022-09-01). "How the Inside of a Black Hole Is Secretly on the Outside". Scientific American. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  3. ^ "Ahmed Almheiri: From the UAE to Firewalls - Ideas | Institute for Advanced Study". www.ias.edu. 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  4. ^ a b "Breakthrough Prize – Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize Laureates – Ahmed Almheiri". breakthroughprize.org. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  5. ^ "The Black Hole Firewall and Top-Down Constructions of AdS/CFT - Alexandria Digital Research Library | Alexandria Digital Research Library". alexandria.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  6. ^ "Past Lancaster Awardees | Graduate Division". www.graddiv.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  7. ^ "How Space and Time Could Be a Quantum Error-Correcting Code". www.quantamagazine.org. 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  8. ^ "Ahmed Almheiri - Scholars | Institute for Advanced Study". www.ias.edu. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  9. ^ "IAS Scholars Win 2021 Breakthrough and New Horizons Prizes - IAS News | Institute for Advanced Study". www.ias.edu. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  10. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  11. ^ Digital, Traffic. "Mohammed bin Rashid hails Emirati physicist for winning prestigious scientific award". Government of Dubai Media Office. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  12. ^ "Knowledge Award | Dr. Ahmed Eid AlMheiri". mbrf.ae. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  13. ^ "Memories of a Theoretical Physicist". MIT Press. Retrieved 2024-09-25.