Professor
Shamit Kachru
Stanford University
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Physics
Elected
2022
Shamit Kachru, Professor Emeritus of Physics, served as Wells Family Director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics from 2017 to 2022 and as the Stanford Physics Department Chair from 2018 to 2021. His academic research focused on string theory, quantum field theory, cosmology, and condensed matter physics.
Since 2023 he has been an Executive Director in Research at PDT Partners, a quantitative hedge fund, where he studies the dynamics of liquid global financial markets.
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