Maldacena, Juan

Juan is a faculty member at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton. Born in Argentina, his work focuses on quantum gravity, string theory and quantum field theory. He is well known for proposing a relationship between quantum gravity and quantum field theories, which elucidates various aspects of both theories and thus suggests a direction for finding physic’s Holy Grail, a way to meld together two theories previously thought to be incompatible: quantum mechanics, which deals with the universe at its smallest scales; and Einstein's general theory of relativity, which deals with its very largest. Juan is the winner of numerous prizes.