A. W. Peet

A. W. Peet (born c. 1968)[1] is a professor of physics at the University of Toronto. Peet's research interests include string theory as a quantum theory of gravity, quantum field theory and applications of string theory to black holes, gauge theories, cosmology,[1] and the correspondence between anti-de Sitter space and conformal field theories (Maldacena duality).[3]

A. W. Peet
Bornc. 1968 (age 54–55)[1]
New Zealand
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Websiteap.io

Early life

Peet was born in New Zealand in 1968.[1]

Career

In 1990, Peet received a Bachelor of Science in physics from the University of Canterbury, and a doctorate in physics from Stanford University in 1994. From 1994 to 1997, they worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University, and as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara from 1997 to 2000. Since 2000, they have been teaching and conducting research as an established professor at the University of Toronto.[1] Peet is also an affiliate of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.[2]

Peet debated their fellow University of Toronto colleague, clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson, about gender identities, on Canadian public television on several occasions, garnering significant public attention.[1][4][5][6]

Personal life

Peet is non-binary,[7] uses they/them pronouns,[8] and is a New Zealand citizen with a passport using an unspecified gender.

Awards

Selected publications
  • Carson, Zaq; Jardine, Ian T; Peet, A. W. (2017), "Component twist method for higher twists in D1-D5 CFT", Physical Review D, 96 (2): 026006, arXiv:1704.03401, Bibcode:2017PhRvD..96b6006C, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.96.026006, S2CID 119187418
  • Burrington, Benjamin A; Jardine, Ian T; Peet, A. W. (2017), "Operator mixing in deformed D1D5 CFT and the OPE on the cover", Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017 (6): 149, arXiv:1703.04744, Bibcode:2017JHEP...06..149B, doi:10.1007/JHEP06(2017)149, S2CID 119263662
  • Burrington, Benjamin A; Peet, A. W.; Zadeh, Ida G (2016), "Bosonization, cocycles, and the D1-D5 CFT on the covering surface", Physical Review D, 93 (2): 026004, arXiv:1509.00022, Bibcode:2016PhRvD..93b6004B, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.026004, S2CID 59573940
  • Peet, A.W.; O'Keeffe, Daniel (2015), "Perturbatively charged holographic disorder", Physical Review D, 92 (4): 046004, arXiv:1504.03288, Bibcode:2015PhRvD..92d6004O, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.92.046004, S2CID 118616332
  • Burrington, Benjamin A; Mathur, Samir D; Peet, A. W.; Zadeh, Ida G (2015), "Analyzing the squeezed state generated by a twist deformation", Physical Review D, 91 (12): 124072, arXiv:1410.5790, Bibcode:2015PhRvD..91l4072B, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.91.124072, S2CID 117189788

References
  1. Peet, A. W. "About Prof. Peet". ap.io. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. "A. W. Peet". Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. "A. W. Peet". University of Toronto. Canadian Association of Physicists. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. "University of Toronto professor A.W. Peet explains why they identify as non-binary". 30 September 2016. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. Brait, Ellen (5 November 2016). "When beliefs about gender identity and views on freedom of speech clash". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  6. Yun, Tom (3 October 2016). "U of T community responds to Jordan Peterson on gender identities". The Varsity. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  7. "Physics pages of Prof. A.W. Peet". ap.io. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  8. Peet, A. W. "How to get my name and pronouns right". A. W. Peet. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  9. "Fellow". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  10. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. "2002 Annual Report" (PDF). p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  11. Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (16 July 2002). "Innovative researchers in Greater Toronto Area receive Premier's Research Excellence Awards". news.ontario.ca. Queen's Printer for Ontario. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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