Professor Nikolay Gromov is a faculty member at King's College London within the Department of Mathematics, part of the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences. He holds the rank of Professor of Theoretical Physics and has been affiliated with King's since 2010, progressing from Lecturer to Reader and then to Professor in 2018. His research focuses on non-perturbative Yang-Mills theory, integrability, and the AdS/CFT correspondence, particularly exploring the quantum spectral curve (QSC) for exact spectrum calculations in supersymmetric gauge theories. He has contributed significantly to understanding string theory, conformal field theories, and integrable systems through collaborations with institutions like CERN, École Normale Supérieure, and DESY. Education: Bachelor's degree from Saint-Petersburg State University (2005) PhD from École Normale Supérieure (Paris) and Saint-Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (2007) Research Interests: His work bridges quantum field theory and string theory via integrability, emphasizing exact solutions and duality. Key areas include: Quantum spectral curve applications in gauge/gravity duality Defect conformal field theories and bootstrap methods Strongly γ-deformed SYM theory as integrable systems Non-perturbative methods for confinement and phase transitions Grants & Leadership: He secured major grants (e.g., for QSC tool development) and served as Deputy Head (Research) of the Department of Mathematics. His work has led to computational tools like the Fast QSC Solver. Labs/Teams: Active in collaborative theoretical physics groups at King's and international partners, focusing on integrability and holography.





