2025 Medal Winners | francais

The 2025 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

is awarded to

Alexander Maloney

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The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) and the Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) are pleased to announce that the 2025 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics is awarded to Alexander Maloney, McGill University, in recognition of his pioneering contributions to the fields of conformal field theory and three-dimensional quantum gravity. announcement

Professor Maloney is internationally recognized as a leading researcher working on foundational questions at the interface of particle physics, gravitation, and cosmology. His work focuses on basic conceptual puzzles in quantum gravity, especially those concerning the quantum mechanical description of black holes. His numerous conceptual breakthroughs in this area have led to powerful mathematical and physical techniques which can be applied to deep problems in quantum field theory, strongly coupled dynamics, and statistical physics.

One important feature of his work is the cross-fertilization of ideas from different areas of physics and mathematics, ranging from quantum information theory to condensed matter physics, and from number theory to quantum chaos. Maloney has harnessed this diverse set of tools to address some of the most fundamental and long-standing problems in theoretical physics - those concerning the basic structure of space-time and the origin of our observable universe from a big bang singularity. His leading research at the intersection of quantum information theory and fundamental physics - and in particular his involvement in the Simons Foundation's ``It From Qubit" initiative - has helped Canada and McGill cement its status as a leading centre for research in this area.

Professor Maloney received his Ph.D, in physics from Harvard University in 2003, after which he held research positions at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. In 2007 he joined the faculty of McGill University, where he is a James McGill Professor of Physics. nominator citation

ABOUT the Prize

The objective of this award is to recognize research excellence in the fields of theoretical and mathematical physics. The annual CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics was first introduced in 1995, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the CAP. medal description

ABOUT the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP)

The Canadian Association of Physicists, founded in 1945, is a professional association representing over 1600 individual physicists and physics students in Canada, the U.S. and overseas, as well as a number of Corporate, Institutional, and Departmental Members. In addition to its learned activities, the CAP, through its charitable arm - the CAP Foundation, also undertakes a number of activities intended to encourage students to pursue a career in physics. cap description

ABOUT the Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM)

The Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM), based in Montreal, is an internationally recognized institute for research in the mathematical sciences. The CRM has research groups in 13 areas that bring together hundreds of researchers. Every year, thousands of researchers from around the world visit the CRM to participate in its thematic programmes and other research, education, outreach, innovation and knowledge transfer activities. joint description

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For more information, please contact:

Mrs. Francine Ford, Executive Director
Canadian Association of Physicists
Tel: 343-361-3326
E-mail: execdir@cap.ca
www.cap.cacap contact and joint contact