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My Take
Juan Maldacena is the rare name on this list where I genuinely feel out of my depth, and I mean that admiringly. An Argentine theoretical physicist working on string theory and quantum gravity, now the Carl P. Feinberg Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, he sits at the deepest end of modern physics. The awards tell the story to me, a MacArthur Fellowship, the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, the Lorentz Medal. What I find striking is that he started at the University of Buenos Aires before reaching that rarefied tier. He is a reminder that celebrity in the truest sense can mean reshaping how we understand reality.
Overview
Juan Martín Maldacena (Latin American Spanish: [maldaˈsena]; born 10 September 1968) is an Argentine theoretical physicist and the Carl P. Feinberg Professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He has made significant contributions to the foundations of string theory and quantum gravity.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Juan Martín Maldacena
- Name (Japanese)
- フアン・マルダセナ
- Reading
- ふあん・まるだせな
- Born
- September 10, 1968 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Monkey
- Origin
- Caballito, Argentina
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- physicist / theoretical physicist / university teacher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Buenos Aires
Awards & achievements
- MacArthur Fellows Program
- 2012 Oskar Klein Medal
- 2012 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
- 2018 Lorentz Medal
- 2013 diamond Konex award
- 2012 Pomeranchuk Prize
- 2007 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Physicist — see all → · More people from Argentina →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.