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physicist

Thomas L. Curtright is a theoretical physicist at the University of Miami.

Education

He did undergraduate work in physics at the University of Missouri—Columbia (Bachelor of Science, Mississippi, 1970), and graduate work at Caltech (Doctor of Philosophy, 1977) under the supervision of Richard Feynman.

Career

He has made numerous influential contributions in particle and mathematical physics, notably in supercurrent anomalies, higher-spin fields (Curtright field), quantum Liouville theory, geometrostatic sigma models, quantum algebras, and deformation quantization. He has co-authored several volumes, notably on quantum mechanics in phase space.

Achievements

  • Curtright is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a co-recipient (with Charles Thorn) of the SESAPS Jesse Beams Award, a University of Miami Cooper Fellow, and a recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award from the University"s Senate.

Membership

American Physical Society.