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Tom Banks is a Professor of Physics at Rutgers University, affiliated with the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He is part of the High Energy Theory research group and a member of the National High Energy Theory Consortium (NHETC). His research focuses on quantum gravity, string theory, cosmology, and black hole physics, including the development of the Holographic Space Time (HST) framework. He has also shifted recent efforts to condensed matter physics, particularly density functional theory and quantum critical phenomena.
Education: Ph.D. in Physics from MIT (1973). Awards include membership in the National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His work spans foundational theories like Matrix Theory, supersymmetry breaking mechanisms, and holographic principles applied to cosmological models. Current research includes studying remnants of black holes and their implications for dark matter, as well as combining weak and strong coupling expansions in lattice models.
Advising and grants: No specific students listed, but collaborates widely on theoretical physics projects. His work on HST and Pyramid Schemes models has implications for particle physics at the TeV scale and beyond.
Labs/Teams: Active within the NHETC and Rutgers High Energy Theory Group. Collaborations focus on quantum gravity, cosmology, and string theory applications.
