Curriculum Vitae

Paul S Aspinwall

121C Physics Bldg
Durham, NC 27708 		(919) 660-2800 (office)
(email)
Personal

Born 1/26/1964 England. British citizen.

Education

9/82-12/88, University College, Oxford

Areas of Research

String Theory

Areas of Interest

String Theory
Calabi-Yau Manifolds
D-Branes
Duality

Areas of Experience

Mathematical Physics

Quantum field theory

Algebraic geometry

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Sloan fellowship 1999

Invited address ICM 1998

Invited address at regional AMS 1999
Langford Award 2001
Langford Lecture, Duke, March 2001
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundadtion, September 1999
Invited Talk at ICM, ICM, July 1998

Major Grant Support

NSF DMS-0074072
NSF DMS-0301476

Sloan fellowship

Conferences Organized

Coorganizer, String Theory for Mathematicians 5/14/12 – 5/18/12, December 2012  
Director, School on Mathematics in String and Field Theory, June 2003  
Professional Service

A&S Council
Math representative in A&S Council, November, 2009 - September, 2010  
DGS
Director of Graduate Studies, August 15, 2005 - June 30, 2008  
Major Advisor
Major Advisor, August, 2008 - present  
Dept Officer
Associate Chair, August, 2010 - present  
Faculty Computer Liaison
Faculty Computer Liaison, September 1, 2003 - August 1, 2004  
Papers Refereed
Referee reports for Journal of High Energy Physics, Many  
Nuclear Physics B, referee, April 2003  
NSF Reviews And Panels
NSF and other proposals reviewed, November, 2011  
Proposal Review NSF, December 2010  
Other
Additional Service, September, 2010 - present  
Additional Service, September 17, 2008 - present  
Selected Recent Invited Talks

The topological B-model and superpotentials, BIRS Banff, August 14, 2012  
D-Branes on Calabi-Yau Threefolds, Warwick University, July 9-10, 2012  
D-Branes on Calabi-Yau Threefolds, Bonn University, July 2-4, 2012  
Linear sigma models and (0,2) models, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook, May 14, 2012  
A (0,2) McKay Correspondence, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, December 12, 2011  
A (0,2) McKay Correspondence, Mirror Symmetry Conference, Kansas State U, November 5, 2011  
A Study of (0,2) Deformations of (2,2) Theories, String-Math conference, Penn, June 9, 2011  
Quivers and Matrix Factorizations, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, May 18, 2011  
A Study of (0,2) Deformations of (2,2) Theories, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, May 9, 2011  
D-Branes, Toric Geometry and Matrix Factorizations, Commutative Algebra Conference, Univ of South Carolina, March 18, 2011  
Can Instantons Kill H1(End(T)) Singlets?, Stanford University, December 20, 2010  
String Theory and the McKay Correspondence, University of Pennsylvania, June 15, 2009 - June 19, 2009  
Probing Calabi-Yau Geometry with D-Branes, University of Michigan, March 30, 2009  
Geometry and String Theory, University of Central Florida, February 6, 2009  
Probing Calabi-Yau Geometry with D-Branes, Stony Brook University, January 14, 2009  
Probing Calabi-Yau Geometry with D-Branes, Texas A&M University, November 6, 2008  
Probing Calabi-Yau Geometry with D-Branes, Virginia Tech, October 20, 2008  
B-Type D-Branes on Calabi-Yau Manifolds, KITP, Santa Barbara, July 21, 2008  
Non-Commutative Resolutions and Toric Geometry, BIRS, Banff, May 12, 2008  
Computations in String Theory with Macaulay 2, Cornell University, March 17, 2008  
Matrix Factorizations Made Easy, Snowbird, Utah, June 20, 2007  
B-Type D-Branes on Calabi-Yau Manifolds, Oxford University, May 28, 2007  
Matrix Factorizations and D-Branes, Univ. of Washington, April 19, 2007  
D-Branes and Triangulated Categories, UNC Chapel Hill, April 12, 2007  
Matrix Factorizations and D-Branes, Univ. of Chicago, January 31, 2007  
Matrix Factorizations and D-Branes, Stanford, December 18, 2006  
Superstring Theory and Compactification, UNC, Wilmington, October 13, 2006  
A Simple Superpotential, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 3, 2006  
D-Branes, Mukai and McKay, MSRI, Berkeley, CA, March 20, 2006  
D-Brane Superpotentials, University of Durham, England, July 23, 2005  
Algebraic Geometry for String Theorists, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo ON, Canada, June 20, 2005  
An Analysis of Fluxes by Duality, KITP, Santa Barbara, April 28, 2005  
D-Brane Superpotentials, Rutgers University, February 22, 2005  
D-Brane Superpotentials, University of California, Berkeley, February 1, 2005  
D-Brane Superpotentials, University of Utah, January 21, 2005  
Algebraic Geometry of D-Branes, Stanford University, November 22, 2004  
D-Brane Superpotentials, UC, San Diego, November 9, 2004  
D-Brane Superpotentials, Stanford Linear Accelerator, November 5, 2004  
D-Branes and Quivers, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champange, October 28, 2004  
D-Branes and Pi-Stability, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 4, 2004  
D-Branes and Pi-Stability, Snowbird, Utah, June 7, 2004  
D-Branes on Calabi-Yau Manifolds (4 lectures), TASI, Boulder, 19 June 2003  
Introduction to Algebraic Geometry (5 lectures), ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 2 June 2003  
Mirror Symmetry for Open Strings, PIMS, Banff, 17 March 2003  
D-Branes and Mirror Symmetry (3 lectures), University of Utah, 24 February 2003  
Doctoral Theses Directed

Arya Roy, (January, 2007 - August, 2010)  

Publications

Books

  1. P.S. Aspinwall, Tom Bridgeland, Alastair Craw, Micheal Douglas, Mark Gross, Anton Kapustin, Greg Moore, Graeme Segal, Balazs Szendroi, Pelham Wilson, Dirichlet Branes and Mirror Symmetry (2009), American Mathematical Society

Papers Published

  1. P.S. Aspinwall and D.R. Morrison, Quivers from Matrix Factorizations, Commun Math Phys, vol. 313 (2012), pp. 607-633
  2. P.S. Aspinwall and M.R. Plesser, Elusive Worldsheet Instantons in Heterotic String Compactifications, in Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics, vol. 85 (2012), pp. 33-52
  3. Paul S. Aspinwall, Ilarion V. Melnikov, M. Ronen Plesser, (0,2) Elephants, Journal of High Energy Physics, vol. 1201 (2012), pp. 060
  4. P.S. Aspinwall and M.R. Plesser, Decompactifications and Massless D-Branes in Hybrid Models, Journal of High Energy Physics, vol. 1007 (2010), pp. 078
  5. P.S. Aspinwall, Topological D-Branes and Commutative Algebra, Communications in Number Theory and Physics, vol. 3 no. 3 (2009), pp. 445-474
  6. P.S. Aspinwall, The Landau-Ginzburg to Calabi-Yau Dictionary for D-Branes, J.Math.Phys., vol. 48 (2007), pp. 082304
  7. P.S. Aspinwall Alexander Maloney and Aaron Simons, Black Hole Entropy, Marginal Stability and Mirror Symmetry, J. High Energy Phys., vol. 0707 (2007), pp. 034
  8. P.S. Aspinwall, The Landau-Ginzburg to Calabi-Yau Dictionary for D-Branes, J. Math. Phys., vol. 48 (2007), pp. 082304
  9. P.S. Aspinwall and S. Katz, Computation of Superpotentials for D-Branes, Commun. Math. Phys., vol. 264 (2006), pp. 227-253
  10. P.S. Aspinwall, D-Branes, Pi-Stability and Theta-Stability, in Snowbird Lectures on String Geometry, Contemporary Mathematics, vol. 401 (2006), AMS
  11. P.S. Aspinwall and L. Fidkowski, Superpotentials for Quiver Gauge Theories, J. High Energy Phys., vol. 610 (2006), pp. 047
  12. P.S. Aspinwall and R. Kallosh, Fixing all Moduli for M-Theory on K3xK3., J. High Energy Phys., vol. 510 (2005), pp. 001
  13. Paul S. Aspinwall, Paul Horja, and Robert L. Karp, Massless D-Branes on Calabi-Yau Threefolds and Monodromy, Commun. Math. Phys., vol. 259 (2005), pp. 45-69
  14. P.S. Aspinwall, D-Branes on Calabi-Yau Manifolds, in Progress in String Theory, TASI 2003 Lecture Notes (2005), World Scientific
  15. P.S. Aspinwall and I. Melnikov, D-Branes on Vanishing Del Pezzo Surfaces, J. High Energy Physics, vol. 12 (December, 2004), pp. 042
  16. P.S. Aspinwall, The Breakdown of Topology at Small Scales, J. High Energy Physics, vol. 0407 (2004), pp. 21
  17. Paul S. Aspinwall and Robert L. Karp, Solitons in Seiberg-Witten Theory and D-Branes in the Derived Category, J. High Energy Phys., vol. 04 (2003), pp. 049
  18. Paul S. Aspinwall, A Point's Point of View of Stringy Geometry, J. High Energy Phys., vol. 01 (2003), pp. 002
  19. P. S. Aspinwall and B. R. Greene and D. R. Morrison, The monomial-divisor mirror map, Duke Mathematical Journal, vol. 72 no. 3 (December, 1993), pp. 319 -- 337
  20. P. S. Aspinwall and B. R. Greene and D. R. Morrison, Multiple mirror manifolds and topology change in string theory, Physics Letters B, vol. 303 no. 3-4 (April, 1993), pp. 249 -- 259
  21. P. S. Aspinwall and D. R. Morrison, Topological field-theory and rational curves, Communications In Mathematical Physics, vol. 151 no. 2 (January, 1993), pp. 245 -- 262
  22. P. S. Aspinwall and C. A. Lutken, Quantum algebraic-geometry of superstring compactifications, Nuclear Physics B, vol. 355 no. 2 (May, 1991), pp. 482 -- 510
  23. P. S. Aspinwall and C. A. Lutken, Geometry of mirror manifolds, Nuclear Physics B, vol. 353 no. 2 (April, 1991), pp. 427 -- 461
  24. P. S. Aspinwall and C. A. Lutken and G. G. Ross, Construction and couplings of mirror manifolds, Physics Letters B, vol. 241 no. 3 (May, 1990), pp. 373 -- 380
  25. P. S. Aspinwall and B. R. Greene and K. H. Kirklin and P. J. Miron, Searching for 3-generation calabi-yau manifolds, Nuclear Physics B, vol. 294 no. 1 (November, 1987), pp. 193 -- 222
  26. Paul S. Aspinwall and Michael Douglas, D-Brane Stability and Monodromy, J. High Energy Phys. 05 (2002) 031
  27. Paul S. Aspinwall, Compactification, Geometry and Duality: N=2, Strings, Branes and Gravity, TASI99
  28. Paul S. Aspinwall and M. R. Plesser, D-Branes, Discrete Torsion and the McKay Correspondence, J. High Energy Phys. 02 (2001) 009
  29. Paul S. Aspinwall and Albion Lawrence, Derived Categories and 0-Brane Stability, J. High Energy Phys. 08 (2001) 004
  30. Paul S. Aspinwall, Some Navigation Rules for D-Brane Monodromy, J. Math. Phys. 42 (2001) 5534-5552
  31. Paul S. Aspinwall, A Note on the Equivalence of Vafa's and Douglas's Picture of Discrete Torsion, J. High Energy Phys. 12 (2000) 029
  32. Paul S. Aspinwall and M. R. Plesser, Heterotic String Corrections from the Dual Type II String, J. High Energy Phys. 04 (2000) 025
  33. Paul S. Aspinwall, S. Katz, and D. R. Morrison, Lie Groups, Calabi-Yau Threefolds and F-Theory, Adv. Theor. Math. Phys 4 (2000) 95-126
  34. Paul S. Aspinwall, M. Ronen Plesser, T-Duality Can Fail, J. High Energy Phys., vol. 8, (1999), pp. 001
  35. Paul S Aspinwall, Aspects of the Hypermultiplet Moduli Space in String Duality, J. High Energy Phys. 04(1998) 019.
  36. Paul S Aspinwall, D.R. Morrison, Non-Simply-Connected Gauge Groups and Rational Points on Elliptic Curves, J. High Energy Phys. 07 (1998) 012.
  37. Paul S Aspinwall, String Theory and Duality, Doc. Math. J. DMV Extra Volume ICM II (1998) 229-238.
  38. Paul S. Aspinwall and Ron Y. Donagi, The Heterotic String, the Tangent Bundle, and Derived Categories, Adv. Theor. Math. Phys., 2, (1998), pp. 1041-1074
  39. Paul S Aspinwall, K3 Surfaces and String Duality, in C. Esthimiou and B. Greene, editors, "Fields, Strings and Duality, TASI 1996", pages 421-540, World Scientific, 1997.
  40. Paul S Aspinwall, Point-Like Instantons and the Spin(32)/Z2 Heterotic String, Nucl. Phys. B496 (1997) 149-176.
  41. Paul S Aspinwall, M-Theory Versus F-Theory Pictures of the Heterotic String, Adv. Theo. Math. Phys. 1 (1997) 127-147, hep-th/9707014.
  42. Paul S Aspinwall, D.R. Morrison, String Theory on K3 Surfaces, in B. Greene and S.T. Yau, editors, "Mirror Symmetry II", pages 703-716, International Press, 1996, hep-th/9404151.
  43. Paul S Aspinwall, Resolution of Orbifold Singularities in String Theory, in B. Greene and S.T. Yau, editors, "Mirror Symmetry II", pages 355-426, International Press, 1996, hep-th/9403123.
  44. Paul S Aspinwall, D.R. Morrison, Stable Singularities in String Theory, Commun.Math.Phys. 178 (1996) 115-134, hep-th/9503208, appendix by M. Gross.
  45. Paul S Aspinwall, Some Relationships Between Dualities in String Theory, in "S-Duality and Mirror Symmetry", Nucl. Phys. (Proc. Suppl.) B46, pages 30-38, North Holland, 1996, hep-th/950854.
  46. Paul S Aspinwall, An N = 2 Dual Pair and a Phase Transition, Nucl. Phys. B460 (1996) 57-76, hep-th/9510142.
  47. Paul S Aspinwall, J. Louis, On the Ubiquity of K3 Fibrations in String Duality, Phys. Lett. 369B (1996) 233-242, hep-th/9510234.
  48. Paul S Aspinwall, Enhanced Gauge Symmetries and Calabi-Yau Threefolds, Phys. Lett. B371 (1996) 231-237, hep-th/9511171.
  49. Paul S Aspinwall, M. Gross, Heterotic-Heterotic String Duality and Multiple K3 Fibrations, Phys. Lett. B382 (1996) 81-88, hep-th/9602118.
  50. Paul S Aspinwall, M. Gross, The SO(32) Heterotic String on a K3 Surface, Phys. Lett. B387 (1996) 735-742, help-th/9605131.
  51. Paul S Aspinwall, D.R. Morrison, Point-Like Instantons on K3 Orbifolds, Nucl. Phys. B503 (1997) 533-564, hep-th/9705104.
  52. Paul S Aspinwall, B.R. Greene, D.R. Morrison, Spacetime Topology Change: The Physics of Calabi-Yau Moduli Space, in M.B. Halpern et al., editors, "Strings '93", pages 241-262, World Scientific, 1995, hep-th/9311186.
  53. Paul S Aspinwall, The Moduli Space of N = 2 Superconformal Field Theories, in E. Gava et al., editors, "1994 Summer School in High Engergy Physics and Cosmology" pages 352-401, World Scientific, 1995, hep-th/9412115.
  54. Paul S Aspinwall, B.R. Greene, On the Geometric Interpretation of N = 2 Super-conformal Theories, Nucl. Phys. B437 (1995) 205-230, hep-th/9409110.
  55. Paul S Aspinwall, D.R. Morrison, U-Duality and Integral Structures, Phys. Lett. 355B (1995) 141-149, help-th/950525.
  56. Paul S Aspinwall, Enhanced Gauge Symmetries and K3 Surfaces, Phys. Lett. B357 (1995) 329-334, hep-th/9507012.
  57. Paul S Aspinwall, B.R. Greene, D.R. Morrison, Calabi-Yau Moduli Space, Mirror Manifolds and Spacetime Topology Change in String Theory, Nucl.Phys. B416(1994), 414-480.
  58. Paul S Aspinwall, B.R. Greene, D.R. Morrison, Measuring Small Distances in N = 2 Sigma Models, Nucl.Phys.B420 (1994) 184-242, hep-th/93ll042.
  59. Paul S Aspinwall, D.R. Morrison, Chiral Rings Do Not Suffice: N = (2,2) Theories with Nonzero Fundamental Group, Phys. Lett. 334B (1994) 79-86.
  60. Paul S Aspinwall, Minimum Distances in Non-Trivial String Target Spaces, Nucl. Phys. B431 (1994) 78-96, hep-th/9404060.
  61. Paul S Aspinwall, B.R. Greene, D.R. Morrison, Space-Time Topology Change and Stringy Geometry, J. Math. Phys.35 (1994) 5321-5337.

Papers Accepted

  1. P.S. Aspinwall, Some Applications of Commutative Algebra to String Theory, in Commutative Algebra, Expository Papers Dedicated to David Eisenbud on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday (2012)

Papers Submitted

  1. P.S. Aspinwall, A McKay-Like Correspondence for (0,2)-Deformations, Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (2011)

Preprints

  1. P.S. Aspinwall, Probing Geometry with Stability Conditions (May, 2009)
  2. P.S. Aspinwall, D-Branes on Toric Calabi-Yau Varieties (2008)
  3. P.S. Aspinwall, An Analysis of Fluxes by Duality (2005)
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