Juan Martin Maldacena (PhD)

Dr. Maldacena, an Argentine theoretical physicist at Princeton, has made significant contributions to string theory and quantum gravity in his attempt to explain deep questions of the fundamental operation of our universe. As noted in the following quote, these questions often extend beyond the current state of physics: "The Big Bang is part of the laws that we have to understand. And those laws were created by God "¦ God is outside of time. Time is part of creations and part of the dynamics of physics. With the Big Bang and quantum mechanics, it's about finding some laws that can explain how time begins."