John Estes

John Estes
Position/Role
Assistant Professor
Department
Building
Natural Sciences
Room
S-207
E-mail
Courses Taught
  • CP 2220-2230 Structure of Physics 1 and 2 
  • CP 2221-2231 Structure of Physics 1 and 2 Lab 
  • CP 2260 General Physics 3 
  • CP 2261 General Physics 3 Lab 
Degrees
  • Postdoctoral Research: Imperial College London, KULeuven, École Polytechnique, École Normale Supérieure 
  • Ph.D., UCLA, 2008 
  • B.S. Caltech, 2002 
Research Interests

String theory, High-energy theoretical physics :

  • gauge/gravity duality (AdS/CFT correspondence) and strongly coupled systems
  • applications of string theory to cosmology and astrophysics
  • string perturbation theory
  • effects of boundaries and interfaces in fundamental physics.
Publications