David Vegh

Dr. David Vegh is a Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at Queen Mary University of London, affiliated with the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences and the Centre for Fundamental Physics. His research focuses on quantum gravity, holography, and strongly correlated condensed matter systems. He holds a PhD from MIT and has held postdoctoral positions at institutions including the Simons Center and CERN before joining Queen Mary in 2017.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree from Eötvös University (Budapest)
• PhD in Physics from MIT
• Postdoctoral fellowships at Simons Center (Stony Brook), CERN, IAS (Princeton), Harvard, and Utrecht University

Research Interests:

• Emergent gravity models via quantum entanglement
• Holographic dualities and spacetime emergence
• Condensed matter systems without quasiparticle excitations

Grants & Fellowships:

• Co-PI on STFC-funded 'Amplitudes, Strings and Duality' project (£1.48M, 2023–2026)
• Ernest Rutherford Fellowship from STFC (2020–2025 & 2017–2023)

Teaching:

• Undergraduate: Physical Dynamics (SPA5304), research projects on string theory/holography
• Postgraduate: Advanced Quantum Field Theory (SPA7001P)

Key Contributions: Over 20 peer-reviewed publications in journals like Physical Review D and Journal of High Energy Physics, focusing on topics such as holographic superconductors, pole-skipping phenomena, and quantum gravity models.