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Alexei Kitaev(1963)
PhysicsAlexei Kitaev is a recipient of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012) from Russia. They have received 3 major awards in total. Their primary field is Physics. They were educated at Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics and MIPT Department of General and Applied Physics. They have been affiliated with California Institute of Technology.
RussiaGoogle (United States)
3
Major Awards
120
Publications
33,589
Citations
51
h-index
68
i10-index
279.9
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Career History
Professor
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, US
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
EW
Edward Witten
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
AL
Andrei Linde
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
MK
Maxim Kontsevich
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
JM
Juan Maldacena
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
NS
Nathan Seiberg
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
AS
Ashoke Sen
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
AG
Alan Guth
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
JM
Juan Martín Maldacena
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
NA
Nima Arkani-Hamed
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
AG
Andrea Ghez
MacArthur Fellowship (2008)
AG
Adam G. Riess
MacArthur Fellowship (2008)
PW
Paul Wennberg
MacArthur Fellowship (2008)
Education
Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics
MIPT Department of General and Applied Physics
Career Timeline
California Institute of Technology?–present
Microsoft Research?–present
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)
Top Publications
A two-way approach to out-of-time-order correlators
Journal of High Energy Physics202254 citations
An obstacle to sub-AdS holography for SYK-like models
Journal of High Energy Physics202117 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
Charles Bennett
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2023)
David Spergel
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2017)
Peter Shor
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2023)
Peter Galison
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2020)
Charles Kane
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2019)
EM
Eugene Mele
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2019)
Lyman Page
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2017)
Joseph Polchinski
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2017)
Data Sources
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