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Current Member

Christopher John Beem

J. Robert Oppenheimer Visiting Professor

Affiliation

Natural Sciences

Field of study

Theoretical Physics, Mathematical Physics

Home institution

University of Oxford
Christopher Beem is a theoretical physicist and mathematician who specializes in the study of supersymmetric, conformal, and superconformal quantum field theories, with an emphasis on the algebraic and representation-theoretic structures that arise in these systems.

Visits

Member
School of Natural Sciences
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Member
School of Natural Sciences
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Degrees

University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D.
2010
University of California, Berkeley
M.A.
2009
Stanford University
B.S.
2006
Stanford University
M.S.
2006

Appointments

St. John's College, Oxford
2016
Official Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics
University of Oxford
2021
Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
University of Oxford
2016–2021
Associate Professor
IAS
2013–2016
Member
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
2010–2013
Research Assistant Professor