Word: vafa
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Associate Professor of Economics and Government Alberto F. Alesina, Associate Professor of Mathematics Zhihong Xia, and Associate Professor of Physics Cumrun Vafa will each be granted $25,000 in the next two years through a Sloan Research Fellowship to aid them in their research...
Although the University will administer the money for Alesina, Xia and Vafa, each fellow has "pretty much complete freedom" in using the research funds, Professor of Astronomy and Physics William H. Press said yesterday...
...Vafa could not be reached for comment yesterday. His research concerns the "super string theory" in physics, which was developed to help provide a single equation for physicists to interpret the four basic forces that appear in nature...
...Vafa richly deserves the award because he is one of the leaders in his field at a young age," said Donner Professor of Science Sidney R. Coleman, who won the fellowship 28 years...