Georgi Dvali | |
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| გიორგი (გია) დვალი | |
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| Born | (1964-05-30)30 May 1964 (age 60) |
| Alma mater | Tbilisi State University |
| Known for | ADD model DGP model |
| Awards | Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology (2003) NYU Silver Professorship (2007) David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (2008) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | New York University Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| Doctoral advisor | Zurab Berezhiani Juansher Chkareuli |
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 Georgi Dvali - Alexander von Humboldt Professorship 2009 |
Georgi (Gia) Dvali (Georgian: გიორგი (გია) დვალი; born 30 May 1964) is a Georgian theoretical physicist. He is a professor of theoretical physics at theLudwig Maximilian University of Munich, a director at theMax Planck Institute for Physics in Munich, and holds a Silver Professorship Chair at theNew York University.[1] His research interests includeString theory,Extra dimensions,Quantum gravity, and theEarly universe.
Dvali is considered to be one of the world's leading experts in the field of particle physics.[2] Among his many contributions stand his pioneering works onLarge extra dimensions and theDGP model of modified gravity.[1]
Dvali was born on 30 May 1964 in Tbilisi, Georgia. He completed his secondary education at the 55th secondary school of Tbilisi and went on to pursue his undergraduate studies atTbilisi State University's Faculty of Physics where he successfully defended his diploma work in 1985. From 1985 to 1992, Dvali worked at theElephter Andronikashvili Institute of Physics, earning his Ph.D. in particle physics and cosmology in 1992. He then held postdoctoral positions at theInternational Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy from 1992 to 1993 and at theUniversity of Pisa from 1993 to 1995 under the guidance ofRiccardo Barbieri.
Dvali is best known for theADD model, which he proposed together withNima Arkani-Hamed andSavas Dimopoulos in 1998. It is a scenario inspired bystring theory to explain the relative weakness of gravity to other forces, in which theStandard Model fields are confined to a (3+1)-dimensional membrane but gravity can also propagate in additional transverse spatial dimensions that are compact but may be as large as one-tenth of a millimeter. In this frameworkquantum gravity, string theory, andblack holes may be experimentally investigated at theLarge Hadron Collider.Dvali's work also includes the large-distance modification ofgravity and its application to thecosmological constant problem. WithGregory Gabadadze andMassimo Porrati he co-pioneered and advanced this direction by proposing a generally covariant model of infrared modification of gravity (the so-calledDGP model), and studying many novel and subtle features of this class of models.
Giorgi Dvali was invited to the 25th Solvay Conference in Brussels to participate in the discussion of "The Theory of the Quantum World". Dvali is actively engaged in teaching activities. During 1997–1998, he was a professor at ICTP. Currently, he is a professor of theoretical physics at New York University (Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics) and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, as well as the director of the Max Planck Institute for Physics (Munich) and a scientist-collaborator at the CERN Center for Atomic Research in Geneva. He is also a distinguished professor of theFree University of Tbilisi.
Dvali received New York City's Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology in 2000.[3]
Dvali is a recipient of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation's Packard Fellowship, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellowship, and the Humboldt Professorship (2008).
Gia Dvali is a well-known and highly respected figure in the Georgian scientific community. In recent years, he has been a frequent speaker at universities throughout Georgia, where he has shared his expertise and insights with students and faculty. He is widely recognized for his contributions to the field of theoretical physics and has received significant attention and admiration from the media and the public.
Dvali is married and is a parent to two children, one son, and one daughter.
Dvali has publicly expressed his opposition to the Georgian government's actions during theRussian invasion of Ukraine. He has called on the public to take peaceful actions such as protests, to express their desire for Georgia's future to be aligned with Europe, and for the country to be considered as a candidate for EU membership. He has stated that Georgia's historical identity is rooted in Europe and that the country has always upheld Christian values, not only through physical means but also through the principles upheld by its thinkers.[4]
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