Dr. Gordon Semenoff
Fellow
Current Employer
The University of British Columbia
Election Year
2000
Academy
Académie des sciences
Discipline
Astronomical Sciences
Department
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Keywords
Elementary particles, quantized fields, superstrings, matrix models, mathematical physics
Gordon Semenoff is a theoretical physicist who is well known for his fundamental ideas and pioneering work in quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and string theory. His studies include the formulation of quantum field theory in hot environments, pioneering work on the application of topology and geometry in physics, field theoretical models of particles with exotic statistics and non-trivial solutions of random matrix theories.