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Professor Paul Kingsley Townsend is a DAMTP Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) under the Faculty of Mathematics. He holds a Royal Society Fellowship (2000) and has contributed extensively to General Relativity, supersymmetry, string/M-theory, solitons, and cosmology.
His career includes postdoctoral positions at SUNY Stony Brook (USA), CERN (UK Junior Fellow), and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris (Joliot-Curie Fellow) before joining DAMTP as a lecturer in 1984. His research focuses on gravitational theories, quantum field theories, and their interplay with high-energy physics.
Recent work emphasizes nonlinear electrodynamics, 3D gravity formulations, and the exploration of chiral bosons in higher dimensions. Notable contributions include ‘Trirefringence and the M5-brane’ (2023) and ‘Causal self-dual electrodynamics’ (2024), addressing foundational aspects of field and string theories.
His awards highlight his impact on theoretical physics, including the Royal Society Fellowship. His affiliations also include the Relativity and Gravitation research groups within DAMTP, where he contributes to advancing quantum gravity and cosmological models.
