Conference Presentations

• 33nd Midwest Relativity Meeting, The University of Chicago, Chicago IL, November 18, 2023, "Gravitational reheating at strong coupling from holography"
• XII. International Symposium, QUANTUM THEORY AND SYMMETRIES, Prague, Czechia, July 27, 2023, "Dynamical fixed points in holography"
• The Many Faces of Relativistic Fluid Dynamics, KITP, UCSB, June 20, 2023, "From de Sitter hydrodynamics to dynamical fixed points"
• 10th Bangkok Workshop on High-Energy Theory, January 10, 2023, "Dynamical fixed points in holography"
• 32nd Midwest Relativity Meeting, Oakland University, Rochester MI, October 8, 2022, "Dynamical fixed points in holography"
• HoloTube May 25, 2021, "Stabilization of the extended horizons"
• 9th Bangkok Workshop on High-Energy Theory, January 23, 2020, "Chiral symmetry breaking in de Sitter"
• 28th Midwest Relativity Meeting, Milwaukee WI, October 12, 2018, "Black holes on a conifold with fluxes"
• Gauge/Gravity Duality 2018, Wurzburg, August 2, 2018, "Holographic viscoelastic hydrodynamics"
• Holography and Extreme Chromodynamics, HoloQuarks2018, Santiago de Compostela, July 5, 2018, "Holographic hydrodynamics of gauge theory plasma: Beyond large-N and beyond Navier-Stokes"
• 21st Eastern Gravity Meeting, Long Island University-Brooklyn, May 24, 2018, "Viscoelastic Black Holes in AdS"
• Multi-Scale Problems Using Effective Field Theories, INT Program INT-18-1b, University of Washington, May 9, 2018, "Holographic hydrodynamics of gauge theory plasma: Beyond large-N and beyond Navier-Stokes"
• Great Lakes Strings 2018, Kadanoff Center of Theoretical Physics, University of Chicago, April 14, 2018, "Holographic viscoelastic hydrodynamics"
• Holography and Supergravity 2018, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Vina del Mar, Chile, January 10, 2018, "Unstable horizons and cosmic censorship violation in holography"
• Aspects of Time-dependent Holography, Delta-Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, December 4, 2017, "Gauge theories in de Sitter spacetime from holography"
• 27th Midwest Relativity Meeting, University of Michigan, October 12, 2017, "Gauge theories in de Sitter spacetime from holography"
• HenryFest: Tying Particles and Strings to the Cosmos, Cornell University, October 7, 2017, "Gauge theories in de Sitter"
• X. International Symposium, QUANTUM THEORY AND SYMMETRIES, Varna, Bulgaria, June 21, 2017, "Out of equilibrium dynamics of gauge theories from holography"
• CAP 2017, Kignston, May 31, 2017, "Out of equilibrium dynamics: how to deal with it"
• Numerical Relativity and Holography 2016, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 30, 2016, "Unstable horizons and cosmic censorship violation in holography"
• 3rd International Conference on the Initial Stages in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions (InitialStages2016), Lisbon, May 25, 2016, "Out-of-equilibrium dynamics: how to deal with it"
• Developments in String Theory and Quantum Field Theory, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, November 10, 2015, "Gravitational instability in AdS and thermalization of dual gauge theories"
• Applications of AdS/CFT to QCD and condensed matter physics, Centre de recherches mathematiques, Montreal, October 22, 2015, "Equilibration rates in a strongly coupled nonconformal quark-gluon plasma"
• Equilibration Mechanisms in Weakly and Strongly Coupled Quantum Field Theory, INT Program 15-2c, Seattle, August 24, 2015, "Equilibration rates in a strongly coupled nonconformal quark-gluon plasma"
• De Sitter and Microstate Landscapes in String Theory, IPhT, CEA/Saclay, France, June 16, 2015, "Smeared anti-branes in supergravity flux backgrounds"
• Black Hole Stability, Fields Institute, Toronto, June 12, 2015, "Black hole spectra in holography: consequences for equilibration of dual gauge theories"
• Gauge/gravity duality 2015, GGI, Florence, April 16, 2015, "Equilibration rates in a strongly coupled nonconformal quark-gluon plasma"
• Great Lakes Strings, MCTP, Ann Arbor, March 29, 2015, "Black hole spectra in holography: consequences for equilibration of dual gauge theories"
• Aspects of Holography, APCTP, Pohang, Korea, July 15, 2014, "Quantum quenches and the entropy production in strongly coupled systems"
• Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics, University of Winnipeg, May 22, 2014, "Quantum quenches and the entropy production in strongly coupled systems"
• Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, UK, October 4, 2013, "Gravitational collapse in AdS"
• HPCH 2013, Natal, Brazil, August 8, 2013, "Boson stars in AdS"
• Hadron Physics: A Challenge to Holography, Natal, Brazil, July 30-August 1, 2013, "Holographic thermodynamics and hydrodynamics"
• Benasque Center for Science, Spain, July 22, 2013, "Boson stars in AdS"
• 20th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland, July 9, 2013, "Quantum quenches in strongly coupled systems from AdS/CFT correspondence"
• 16th Eastern Gravity Meeting, CITA, University of Toronto, June 7, 2013, "Gravitational collapse in AdS"
• Great Lakes Strings 2013, University of Kentucky, May 17, 2013, "Localization and holography of N=2 gauge theories"
• Austin Holography Workshop, May 14, 2013, "Boson Stars in AdS"
• Topics in Holography, Supersymmetry and Higher Derivatives, Texas A&M, College Station, April 25, 2013, "Quantum quenches and the entropy production in strongly coupled systems"
• Quarks, Gluons, and Hadronic Matter under Extreme Conditions, Schlosshotel Rheinfels, St. Goar, Germany, March 20, 2013, "Confinement/deconfinement and chiral symmetry breaking in gauge theory/string theory"
• Non-Equilibrium and String Theory Workshop, University of Michigan, October 20, 2012, "Quantum quenches"
• Exploring AdS-CFT Dualities in Dynamical Settings, Perimeter Institute, June 4, 2012, "Quantum quenches"
• Great Lakes Strings 2012, Purdue University, March 3, 2012, "Quantum quenches"
• INT, Seattle, November 2, 2011, "Confinement/deconfinement and csb in gauge theory/string theory correspondence"
• UNIFY Workshop on Frontiers in Theoretical Physics, Porto, June 21, 2011, "Holographic Quark-Gluon Plasma (review)"
• GLS Chicago, April 30, 2011, "Confinement/deconfinement and csb in gauge theory/string theory correspondence"
• Large-N Gauge Theories, GGI, Florence, Italy, April 13, 2011, "AdS/CFT and the Quark-Gluon Plasma: Beyond CFT & SUGRA"
• Quarks, Gluons, and Hadronic Matter under Extreme Conditions, Schlosshotel Rheinfels, St. Goar, Germany, March 18, 2011, "Confinement/deconfinement and csb in gauge theory/string theory correspondence"
• Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics, Vienna, Austria, August 4, 2010, "AdS/CFT and the Quark-Gluon Plasma, Part II: Beyond CFT & SUGRA"
• Nordita, Stockholm, Sweden, June 11, 2010, "String Theory approach to nonequilibrium dynamics of strongly coupled systems"
• Application of AdS/CFT, College Station, April 28, 2010, "Transport at criticality"
• GLS/SPOCK meeting, Cincinnati, March 21, 2010, "Causality of Holographic Hydrodynamics"
• SPOCK meeting, Cincinnati, December 5, 2009, "Transport at criticality"
• Workshop on the Fluid-Gravity Correspondence, ASC, Munich, September 4, 2009, "Relaxation time of holographic plasma"
• PASCOS 2009, DESY, Hamburg, July 7, 2009, "Causality of Holographic Hydrodynamics"
• Great Lakes Strings, MCTP, University of Michigan, April 5, 2009, "Holographic magnetohydrodynamics"
• Gauge fields, cosmology and mathematical string theory, Banff, Canada, February 2, 2009, "Application of string theory towards RHIC physics"
• XIII MEXICAN SCHOOL OF PARTICLES AND FIELDS, San Carlos, Mexico, October 6, 2008, "Hydrodynamics of Non-conformal Gauge theories"
• XIII MEXICAN SCHOOL OF PARTICLES AND FIELDS, San Carlos, Mexico, October 6, 2008, "Conformal Hydroedynamics Beyond the Supergravity Approximation"
• AdS/CFT, Condensed Matter and QCD, McGill University, October 3, 2008, "Holographic LED displays"
• MCTP, University of Michigan, September 19, 2008, "Aspects of nonconformal gauge theory plasma at finite temperature"
• Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Florence, April 29,2008, "Applied gauge/string correspondence:from sQGP to inflationary cosmology"
• String theory: from theory to experiment, Jerusalem, April 10,2008, "Black Universe epoch in String Cosmology"
• CITA, Toronto, April 1,2008, "Black Universe epoch in String Cosmology"
• Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Cosmology and Particle Physics, Santa Barbara, February 28,2008, "On SUGRA description of boost-invariant conformal plasma at strong coupling"
• Ten Years of AdS/CFT, Argentina, December 20, 2007, "On SUGRA description of boost-invariant conformal plasma at strong coupling"
• 5rd International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries, University of Valladolid, Spain, July 26, 2007, "Strongly coupled nuclear plasma and string theory"
• String Theory and Gauge Theory, Present and Future, Perimeter Institute workshop, October 15, 2006, "Non-conformal gauge theory plasma from gauge/string correspondence"
• Trento workshop on Hadrons and Strings, Trento, ECT*, Italy, July 20, 2006, "Non-conformal gauge theory plasma from gauge/string correspondence"
• Benasque Center for Science, Spain, July 12, 2006, "Non-conformal gauge theory plasma in string theory"
• CAP-2005 Congress, Vancouver, Canada, June 5-8, 2005, "Transport Properties of Strongly Coupled Gauge Theory Plasma"
• COSMO-04, International Workshop on Particle Physics and the Early Universe, Toronto, Canada , Sept.17-21, 2004, "Braneworld inflation"
• COSMO-04, International Workshop on Particle Physics and the Early Universe, Toronto, Canada, Sept.17-21, 2004, "Suppression of large scale power of density perturbations in small-field inflationary models"
• Trento workshop on Hadrons and Strings, European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas, July 12th - 17th, 2004, "Universality of the shear viscosity in strongly coupled gauge theory plasma"
• Time and String Theory Workshop, Aspen Center for Physics, August 18 - September 5, 2003, "On cosmological constant of string theory flux compactifications"
• 3rd International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries, University of Cincinnati, September 10-14, 2003, "On cosmological constant of F-theory compactifications"
• The American Physical Society 2002 Meeting of The Division of Particles and Fields, May 24-28, 2002, "de Sitter backgrounds in type IIB supergravity"
• Montreal-Rochester-Syracuse-Toronto Meeting (MRST 99), Syracuse University, May 10--12, 1999, "Ultrastrong Coupling in Supersymmetric Gauge Theories"
• Montreal-Rochester-Syracuse-Toronto Meeting (MRST 98), Syracuse University, May 13--15, 1998, "Deriving N=2 S-dualities from Scaling"
• International School of Subnuclear Physics 35th Course Highlights: 50 years later, Erice-Sicily, August 26 -- September 4, 1997, "Search for New Dualities in N=2 Supersymmetric QCD"
• Fifth International Conference on the Fundamentals of Fracture (ICFF-V), National Institute of Standards and Technology, August 18--21, 1997, "Statistical Mechanics of Cracks: Fluctuations, Breakdown, and Asymptotics of Elastic Theory"
• March Meeting of The American Physical Society, St. Louis, March 20--24, 1996, "Elastic Theory Has Zero Radius of Convergence"

Seminar and Colloquia

• Quantum Fields and Strings Seminar , Perimeter Institute, April 11, 2023, "Dynamical fixed points in holography: theory and cosmological applications"
• Rencontres Theoriciennes, Institut Henri Poincare, Paris, March 9, 2023, "Dynamical fixed points in holography: theory and cosmological applications"
• Winnipeg Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Winnipeg, June 6, 2022, "Dynamical fixed points in strongly coupled holographic systems"
• Institute for Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Septemer 22, 2021, "Black holes on a conifold with fluxes"
• String Group Meeting, Perimeter Institute, December 14, 2018, "Klebanov-Strassler black hole"
• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, March 8, 2018, "Unstable horizons and cosmic censorship violation in holography"
• Joint Seminar in Theoretical High Energy Physics, Newe Shalom-Wahat al-Salam, March 6, 2018, "Gauge theories in de Sitter spacetime from holography"
• Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, March 5, 2018, "Non-conformal holographic Gauss-Bonnet hydrodynamics"
• NCG Seminar, Department of Mathematics, UWO, February 5, 2018, "Beyond adiabatic approximation in Big Bang Cosmology: hydrodynamics, resurgence and entropy production in the Universe"
• Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, June 26, 2017, "Out-of-equilibrium dynamics: how to deal with it"
• Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, May 19, 2017, "Unstable horizons and cosmic censorship violation in holography"
• Dep. de Física Quàntica i Astrofísica, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, June 2, 2016, "Beyond adiabatic approximation in Big Bang Cosmology: hydrodynamics, resurgence and entropy production in the Universe"
• Purdue University, West Lafayette, May 6, 2016, "Beyond adiabatic approximation in Big Bang Cosmology: hydrodynamics, resurgence and entropy production in the Universe"
• MCTP, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, February 19, 2016, "Gravitational instability in AdS and thermalization of dual gauge theories"
• University of Texas Austin, Department of Physics, February 17, 2015, "Black hole spectra in holography: consequences for equilibration of dual gauge theories"
• Western University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, November 27, 2014, "String Theory Approach to Non-equilibrium Dynamics of Strongly Coupled Systems"
• UNB Joint Mathematics-Physics Colloquium, Fredricton, November 14, 2014, "String Theory Approach to Non-equilibrium Dynamics of Strongly Coupled Systems"
• Join Jerusalem/Tel-Aviv/Weizmann seminar,Neve Shalom, Israel, May 13, 2014, "HOLOGRAPHIC QUANTUM QUENCHES"
• Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, May 12, 2014, "N=2*: holography, localization and consistent truncations of gravitational dual"
• Western University, Department of Mathematics, January 30, 2014, "Localization and holography of N=2 gauge theories"
• McGill University, November 15, 2013, "Localization and holography of N=2 gauge theories"
• Caltech, May 10, 2013, "Localization and holography in N=2^*"
• Departamento de Física de Partículas, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, March 1, 2013, "Localization and holography in N=2^* gauge theory"
• Departamento de Física de Partículas, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, February 26, 2013, "Quantum quenches"
• Directors xLunch, Perimeter Institute, February 19, 2013, "Quantum quenches"
• University of Texas, Austin, TX, September 18, 2012, "Quantum quenches"
• Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kiev, May 17, 2012, "Quantum quenches"
• Saclay General Seminar, May 15, 2012, "Quantum quenches"
• Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, October 6, 2011, "Bounds on transport coefficients from holography"
• Ohio State University, May 12, 2011, "Shear viscosity from String Theory (status update)"
• Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA, October 5, 2010, "Dynamical critical phenomena in strongly coupled gauge theory plasma"
• Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics, Vienna, Austria, August 10, 2010, "Transport at criticality"
• Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, May 10, 2010, "Causality and transport in holographic plasma"
• Join Jerusalem/Tel-Aviv/Weizmann seminar,Neve Shalom, Israel, May 4, 2010, "Critical phenomena in N=4 plasma and beyond"
• Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, May 3, 2010, "Causality constraints on transport in holographic plasma"
• University of Victoria, Victoria, February 5, 2010, "Transport at criticality"
• University of Washington, Seattle, February 2, 2010, "Transport at criticality"
• Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kiev, August 28, 2009, "Holographic Hydrodynamics"
• KITP, Santa Barbara, February 19, 2008, "Nonequilibrium AdS/CFT"
• Caltech, February 15, 2008, "On SUGRA description of boost-invariant conformal plasma at strong coupling"
• MCTP, University of Michigan, February 8, 2008, "On SUGRA description of boost-invariant conformal plasma at strong coupling"
• Department of Physics, University of Texas-Austin, April 17, 2007, "Non-conformal gauge theory plasma from gauge/string correspondence"
• Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Western Ontario, January 18, 2007, "Strongly coupled nuclear plasma and string theory"
• Physics Department, University of Cincinnati, April 17, 2006, "Hydrodynamics and gauge theory/string theory correspondence"
• Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, November 24, 2005, "Runaway potentials in gauge/string correspondence"
• Join Jerusalem/Tel-Aviv/Weizmann seminar,Neve Shalom, Israel, November 22, 2005, "Hydrodynamics and gauge theory/string theory correspondence"
• Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel, November 21, 2005, "Runaway potentials in gauge/string correspondence"
• Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, June 9, 2004, "Gauge theory hydrodynamics from supergravity"
• University of Kentucky, June 4, 2004, "Gauge theory hydrodynamics from supergravity"
• Stanford University, May 10, 2004, "Braneworld inflation"
• Caltech, May 7, 2004, "Braneworld inflation"
• Ohio State University, November 14, 2003, "On cosmological constant of string theory flux compactifications"
• Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, October 28, 2003, "Inflation in String Theory"
• University of Toronto, September 22, 2003, "Cosmological constant in string theory flux compactifications"
• Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, July 16, 2003, "Hagedorn vs. Hawking-Page transition in string theory"
• Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, March 26, 2003, "Gauge theory/ string theory correspondence and applications to realistic gauge theories"
• University of Western Ontario, March 25, 2003, "Gauge theory/string theory correspondence and the real world"
• Tel-Aviv University, December 5, 2002, "Gauge/string correspondence in curved space"
• Weizmann University, November 26, 2002, "Cosmological backgrounds in supergravity/string theory"
• University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 21, 2002, "Cosmological backgrounds in supergravity/string theory"
• University of Michigan, September 25, 2002, "On cosmological backgrounds in supergravity/string theory"
• University of Toronto, February 25, 2002, "Singularities and thermal phase transitions in gauge/gravity duals"
• Caltech-USC Center for Theoretical Physics, January 9, 2002, "On the thermodynamic instability of Little String Theory"
• Ohio State University, November 28, 2001, "On the thermodynamic instability of Little String Theory"
• Los Alamos National Laboratory, November 14, 2001, "Singularities and phase transitions in gravity duals to field theories"
• Newman Lab. of Nuclear Studies, Cornell University, November 7, 2001, "Singularities and Thermal Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals--II"
• Newman Lab. of Nuclear Studies, Cornell University, November 6, 2001, "Singularities and Thermal Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals--I"
• Physics Department, Princeton University, November 5, 2001, "High energy thermodynamics of LST"
• Physics Department, University of Cincinnati, October 30, 2001, "Singularities and Thermal Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals--II"
• Physics Department, University of Cincinnati, October 29, 2001, "Singularities and Thermal Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals--I"
• Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, October 24, 2001, "High energy thermodynamics of LST"
• Physics Department, University of Michigan, October 19, 2001, "Singularities and Thermal Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals--II"
• Physics Department, University of Michigan, October 18, 2001, "Singularities and Thermal Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals--I"
• Extreme String Theory Workshop, Aspen Center for Physics, September 6, 2001, "Singularity Resolution and Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals"
• Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, December 7, 2000, "Finite Temperature Resolution of the Klebanov-Tseytlin Singularity"
• Institute for Theoretical Physics, SUNY at Stony Brook, December 7, 1998, "Ultrastrong coupling in supersymmetric gauge theories"
• University of Texas at Austin, October 20, 1998, "New IR superconformal fixed points in scale invariant N=2 supersymmetric field theories"
• Newman Lab. of Nuclear Studies, Cornell University, October 1, 1998, "New IR superconformal fixed points in scale invariant N=2 supersymmetric field theories"

Public/Outreach Presentations

• Western University, Department of Applied Mathematics, November 25, 2013, "Discovery of Higgs Boson"
• Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, International Summer School for Young Physicists, August 24, 2004, "Superstrings and Duality"

(old) Online Presentations

• QCD and Strings Workshop, Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, April 28 - May 9, 2003, "N=2 Thermodynamics", online
• QCD and String Theory Workshop, Institute for Nuclear Theory, February 19 - 22, 2003, "Curiosities of Confining Cascading Gauage Theories", online
• Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, September 27, 2001, "Singularities and Thermal Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals--II", online
• Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, September 25, 2001, "Singularities and Thermal Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals--I", online
• Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, October 15, 1999, "Failure of T-duality in String Theory and S-duality in Gauge Theories", online