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Christopher Michael Hull (born 1957)[2] FRS FInstP[3] is a professor of theoretical physics at Imperial College London.[4] Hull is known for his work on string theory, M-theory, and generalized complex structures.[5] Edward Witten drew partially from Hull's work for his development of M-theory.[6]

Education

Hull was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School[2] and the University of Cambridge where he was a student of King's College, Cambridge and awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1979 followed by a PhD in 1983 for research supervised by Gary Gibbons.[1][7]

Career and research

Hull conducts research into quantum gravity, a field that aims to discover a unifying theory of quantum theory and general relativity.[3] His particular contributions have been made to superstring theory, which models particles and forces as vibrations of 'supersymmetric strings', and supergravity, which combines supersymmetry with general relativity.[3]

Many mathematical challenges facing quantum gravity are being met through Hull's efforts to bring in, and extend, techniques from geometry and field theory.[3] His work laid the foundations of M-theory, which brings together apparently competing theories.[3] Overall success in quantum gravity would revolutionise our understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and the origins of, and evolution, of our Universe.[3]

He leads a major research programme in the Department of Physics at Imperial College London, with investigations that include extended geometries, flux geometries and holographic structures.[3]

Awards and honours

Hull was awarded a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in 2002 and the Paul Dirac Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics in 2003. He was awarded a Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) Advanced Research fellowship in 1987[citation needed] and an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Senior Research Fellowship in 1996.[citation needed] He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP).[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Chris Hull at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ a b c Anon (2007). "Hull, Prof. Christopher Michael". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.256675. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Anon (2012). "Professor Christopher Hull FRS". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:

    “All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.” --Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-11-11)
  4. ^ "Home - Professor Chris Hull FRS". www.imperial.ac.uk.
  5. ^ Imperial College London, publications of Professor Chris Hull, 2010-04-04. "PUBLICATIONS-c.hull". Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  6. ^ Edward Witten, in a radio interview in "Vetandets värld" on Swedish public radio, 2008-06-06. "Ett universum av strängarMöt ed Witten, ledande strängteoretiker - webbradio - sr.se". Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  7. ^ Hull, Christopher Michael (1983). The structure and stability of the vacua of supergravity. lib.cam.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 499826125. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.350108.
  8. ^ Imperial College London, honours and awards of Professor Chris Hull, 2010-04-04. "HONOURS and AWARDS-c.hull". Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2010.

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