Eric Zaslow is an American mathematical physicist at

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Biography

Zaslow attended

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, earning his Ph.D. in physics in 1995, with thesis "Kinks, twists, and folds : exploring the geometric musculature of quantum field theory" written under the direction of

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. His research focuses on mathematical questions arising from duality symmetries in

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such as mirror symmetry. With

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and

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, he formulated the SYZ conjecture. He was named to the 2021 class of fellows of the

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"for contributions to mathematical physics and mirror symmetry". Zaslow is also known for being internationally ranked in

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, with seven world or national championships and has written limericks about physics competitively.

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