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Juan Martín Maldacena, born on September 10, 1968 in Caballito, Argentina, is a theoretical physicist and university teacher. As of 2026, Juan Martín Maldacena is 58 years old. Schooling on record includes University of Buenos Aires. Listed accolades include MacArthur Fellows Program, Oskar Klein Medal (2012), Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012) and 4 more.
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.
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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 58)
- Origin
- Caballito, Argentina
- Occupation
- physicist / theoretical physicist / university teacher
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Monkey
2. Background
- 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. Links
4. About this entry
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- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
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Juan Martín Maldacena was born on September 10, 1968 and is 58 years old.
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Juan Martín Maldacena is from Caballito, Argentina.
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Juan Martín Maldacena works as physicist, theoretical physicist, university teacher.
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Juan Martín Maldacena attended University of Buenos Aires.
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