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Slava Rychkov is a Permanent Professor at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES) since 2017, with a part-time affiliation at École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris. He is Deputy Director of the Simons Collaboration on Nonperturbative Bootstrapping and holds the Jacques Solvay International Chair in Physics (2025).
- Ph.D., Princeton University (2002)
- Junior Member, University Institute of France (2012-2017)
Research Interests: He works on strongly coupled quantum and conformal field theories, including applications to high-energy physics, statistical physics, and condensed matter. His major contributions include:
- Linking Deligne categories to lattice loop symmetries
- Developing analytic continuation methods for Euclidean CFT to Lorentzian spacetime
- Advancing the conformal bootstrap for non-perturbative solutions
- Exploring Parisi-Sourlas supersymmetry in disordered systems
- Proving lightcone bootstrap predictions rigorously
- Connecting complex CFTs to walking RG flows
Scientific Awards:
- New Horizons in Physics Prize (2014)
- Grand Prix Mergier-Bourdeix (2019)
- Jacques Solvay International Chair in Physics (2025)
Advising: Mentored numerous Ph.D. students including Jiaxin Qiao (EPFL postdoc), Bernardo Zan (now at Università di Genova), and Benoit Sirois (Québec classe préparatoire).
Articles Trends: His recent work spans gauge theory bootstrap, logarithmic CFTs, minimal surfaces in AdS, and geometrical approaches to Potts models, with a focus on mathematical rigor and cross-disciplinary applications between high-energy and condensed matter physics.
