Cumrun Vafa
Harvard University
Cumrun or Kamran Vafa is an Iranian-American theoretical physicist and the Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy at Harvard University. In October 2025, Vafa was appointed the Timken University Professor at Harvard, the highest distinction a faculty member can receive at the university.
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Cumrun or Kamran Vafa is an Iranian-American theoretical physicist and the Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy at Harvard University. In October 2025, Vafa was appointed the Timken University Professor at Harvard, the highest distinction a faculty member can receive at the university.
Affiliation
Harvard University
Top Publications
- Strings on orbifolds (1985) - 1,851 citations
- The string landscape, black holes and gravity as the weakest force (2007) - 1,341 citations
- Strings on orbifolds (II) (1986) - 1,284 citations
- On the geometry of the string landscape and the swampland (2006) - 1,192 citations
- Mirror Symmetry (2003) - 1,083 citations
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- Full name
- Cumrun Vafa
- ORCID
- 0000-0002-9658-5044
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5112582417
Research interests
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Algebraic structures and combinatorial models, Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
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- Strings on orbifolds ↗1985 · Nuclear Physics B1,851OpenAlex citations
- The string landscape, black holes and gravity as the weakest force ↗2007 · Journal of High Energy Physics1,341OpenAlex citations
- Strings on orbifolds (II) ↗1986 · Nuclear Physics B1,284OpenAlex citations
- On the geometry of the string landscape and the swampland ↗2006 · Nuclear Physics B1,192OpenAlex citations
- Mirror Symmetry ↗2003 · arXiv (Cornell University)1,083OpenAlex citations
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- Strings on orbifolds ↗1985 · Nuclear Physics B
- The string landscape, black holes and gravity as the weakest force ↗2007 · Journal of High Energy Physics
- Strings on orbifolds (II) ↗1986 · Nuclear Physics B
- On the geometry of the string landscape and the swampland ↗2006 · Nuclear Physics B
- Mirror Symmetry ↗2003 · arXiv (Cornell University)
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