Professor
Office: 2029 Physical and Data Sciences Building
Phone: (530)238-5434
Fax: (530)752-4717
Email: vhubeny@ucdavis.edu

Personal Professional Website: http://hubeny.physics.ucdavis.edu

Research Interests:

My research interests lie mainly in areas of string theory and quantum gravity. Much of my past work has been set in the context of the gauge/gravity duality and black holes.

Career History

• Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001
• Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stanford University, CA, 2001-2004
• Postdoctoral researcher, University of California at Berkeley, CA, 2004-2005
• Lecturer at Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK, 2005-2011
• Reader at Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK, 20011-2014
• Professor at Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK, 2014-2015
• Professor, University of California, Davis, 2015 to present

Honors

• Presidential Scholar, 1992
• Phi Kappa Phi Freshmen Award, 1993
• University Best Project Award, 1993
• University Honors Citation, 1994
• Honors Scholarship, 1993-1995
• J. R. Dorfman Prize for Undergraduate Research for the Best Research Project, 1995
• Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship in Mathematics, Science and Engineering, 1994-1996
• Dean's Award for Academic Achievement, 1996
• DoD National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 1996-1999
• Bell Prize for best student talk at 16th Paciifc Coast Gravity Meeting, 2000
• Clay Mathematics Institute Super String 2000 Scholar, 2000
• UC Doctoral Scholars Fellowship, 1996-2001
• Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition{Honorable Mention, 2003
• Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition{Honorable Mention, 2005
• IOP Gravitational Physics group conference grant, 2007
• Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition{Honorable Mention, 2008
• Nuffield Science Bursaries Undergraduate Research, 2008