Кирил Петров Христов

{ Kiril Petrov Hristov }

Scientist

 

Personal Data

Occupations: Assist. Prof., Ph.D.
Office Address: Laboratory of ,
Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
72 Tzarigradsko Shaussee,
1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
Office Phone: (+359) 2 9795643
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Home Address: Raiko Zhinzifov 20, Sofia 1606, Bulgaria
Phone: phone:+359 897 89 11 99
Birth Date: 30 March 1985
Birth Place: Sofia, Bulgaria

Professional Data

Education and Professional Career

October 2015 - present
Postdoctoral researcher, research group “Theory of Elementary Particles” ,Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
September 2012 - September 2015
Postdoctoral researcher (research group leaders: Alessandro Tomasiello, Alberto Zaffaroni) ,Theoretical Physics Group,Universit`a di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
September 2008 - August 2012
Doctor of Philosophy, Theoretical Physics Utrecht University, Netherlands
Thesis: Lessons from Classical Solutions of D = 4 N = 2 Supergravity (supervisor: Stefan Vandoren)
September 2006 - August 2008
Master of Science cum laude, Theoretical Physics Utrecht University, Netherlands
  • Main studies: Advances Physics, Advanced Mathematics and Modeling
  • Thesis: On Moduli Stabilization in Type IIB String Theory (supervisor: Stefan Vandoren)
June - August 2005
Internship in the field of Above Threshold Ionization (supervisor: Dieter Bauer), Group of Quantum Dynamics in Intense Laser Fields ,Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
September 2003 - June 2006
Bachelor of Science, Physics Jacobs University (former International University Bremen), Germany
  • Main studies: Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Geology and Astronomy
  • Thesis: Black Holes in 5 Dimensions (supervisor: Betti Hartmann)

Teaching and Professional Experience

2016-present
Teaching the Quantum Field Theory and Advanced Quantum Field Theory courses in the master’s programme in theoretical physics, Sofia University, Bulgaria
2013 - 2015
Partial supervision of a PhD student, Andrea Rota, with main supervisor Prof. Alessandro Tomasiello, Universit`a di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
2007 - 2012
Teaching assistant for the master level courses Quantum Field Theory, Advanced Field Theory in Particle Physics, General Relativity, and Statistical Field Theory, Utrecht University, Netherlands
June - August 2005
Internship as a project student in the field of Above Threshold Ionization (ATI), under the supervision of Dieter Bauer, Group of Quantum Dynamics in Intense Laser Fields, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
2004 - 2006
Teaching assistant for the bachelor level courses General Physics, Advanced Physics A1 (Classical Mechanics and Special Relativity), and Advanced Physics A2 (Quantum Mechanics), Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany

Prizes and Awards

  • - ”Pythagoras” prize for excellent young scientist from the Bulgarian government, 2017

  • - Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions seal of excellence, 2017

  • - Huygens PhD research fund from the Dutch government, 2008-2010

  • - SHELL theoretical physics stipend, Netherlands, 2008

  • - Huygens scholarship from the Dutch government, 2007-2008

  • - Utrecht excellence scholarship, Utrecht University, Netherlands, 2006-2007

  • - Member of the president’s list for academic excellence, Jacobs University, Germany, 2006

  • - Merit based scholarship, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany, 2003-2006

Conferences and Talks

Conferences, Schools and Workshops

  • - Strings 2017, Tel Aviv, Israel, 26-30 June 2017

  • - The String Theory Universe Conference, Milano, Italy, 20-24 February 2017

  • - Third National Congress for Physical Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, 29 September - 2 October 2016

  • - Theoretical Frontiers in Black Holes and Cosmology, Natal, Brazil, 8-19 June 2015

  • - Eurostrings, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 23-27 March 2015

  • - Black Objects Beyond Supersymmetry, Utrecht, Netherlands, 1-3 September 2014

  • - Exact Quantum Fields and the Structure of M-theory, Heraklion, Greece, 10-16 July 2014

  • - Supersymmetric Theories on curved manifolds and Localization, Parma, Italy, 4-6 November 2013

  • - Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics, Trieste, Italy, March 2013, 2014

  • - International School on Strings and Fundamental Physics, Hamburg, Germany, 1-13 July 2012

  • - XVII European Workshop on String Theory, Padua, Italy, 5-9 September 2011

  • - DRSTP School in Theoretical High Energy Physics and Jorge Andr´e Swieca Summer School, S˜ao Paulo, Brazil, 6-18 February 2011

  • - International Conference on Strings, M-Theory and Quantum Gravity, Ascona, Switzerland, 25-30 July 2010

  • - String Theory Workshop, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 28 June - 9 July 2010

  • - Brussels-Paris-Amsterdam PhD school, Belgium, France, Netherlands, October-December 2009

  • - Aegean Summer School - from Gravity to Thermal Gauge Theories: The AdS/CFT Correspondence, Milos island, Greece, 21-26 September 2009

  • - DRSTP School in Theoretical High Energy Physics, Driebergen, Netherlands, 16-27 February 2009

  • - Eurostrings, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 30 June - 4 July 2008

Talks given

  • - Black hole microstates in AdS4 and AdS5 from supersymmetric partition functions, Seminar, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2017; Saclay (IPhT), Paris, France, 2017; Princeton, USA, 2017

  • - Black hole microstates in AdS4 from supersymmetric localization, Seminar, DIAS Dublin, Ireland, 2016; Conference Talk, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016; Seminar, Stony Brook, USA, 2016; Seminar, Columbia, New York, USA, 2016; Seminar, Leuven, Belgium, 2016

  • - BPS black holes in 4d gauged supergravity and microscopics, Conference Talk, Natal, Brazil, 2015; Seminar, Leuven, Belgium, 2015

  • - BPS black holes in 4d gauged supergravity, Seminar, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2015

  • - Magnetic black hole thermodynamics in AdS4 and dual field theory description, Workshop Talk, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2014

  • - BPS black holes in AdS4 and their CFT duals, Seminar, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2014; Seminar, King’s College, London, UK, 2014

  • - BPS black holes with AdS4 asymptotics, Seminar, Saclay (IPhT), Paris, France, 2013

  • - Asymptotic charges and BPS bounds in 4d N = 2 supergravity, Seminar, Milano-Bicocca, Italy, 2013

  • - Superconformal field theories on de Sitter, Seminar, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France, 2012

  • - A superalgebra perspective on four dimensional black holes, Seminar, Padua, Italy, 2012

  • - On the causal structure of GR and the cosmic censorship conjecture, PhD lunch talk, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2011

  • - On BPS Bounds in D = 4 N = 2 Gauged Supergravity, Conference Talk, Padua, Italy, 2011

  • - Static Supersymmetric Black Holes in AdS4, School Talk, S˜ao Paulo, Brazil, 2011

  • - Black Holes in Supergravity, PhD lunch talk, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2010

  • - Black Holes in N = 2 D = 4 Gauged Supergravity, Seminar, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2010

  • - BPS Solutions of D = 4 N = 2 Gauged Supergravity, Seminar, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2009

Publications

Summary: 22 publications, 19 published journal publications, 1 refereed conference proceeding, 1 published PhD thesis; 383 citations (94 self-cites), h-index hHEP = 11 (source: http://inspirehep.net/author/profile/K.Hristov.1)

  1. S. M. Hosseini, K. Hristov and A. Passias, Holographic microstate counting for AdS4 black holes in massive IIA supergravity, arXiv:1707.06884 [hep-th], submitted for publication to JHEP, 4 citations.
  2. S. M. Hosseini, K. Hristov and A. Zaffaroni, An extremization principle for the entropy of rotating BPS black holes in AdS5, JHEP 1707 (2017) 106, arXiv:1705.05383 [hep-th], 5 citations.
  3. F. Benini, K. Hristov and A. Zaffaroni, Exact microstate counting for dyonic black holes in AdS4, Phys.Lett. B771 (2017) 462-466, arXiv:1608.07294 [hep-th], 16 citations.
  4. K. Hristov, S. Katmadas and I. Lodato, Higher derivative corrections to BPS black hole attractors in 4d gauged supergravity, JHEP 1605 (2016) 173, arXiv:1603.00039 [hepth], 3 citations.
  5. F. Benini, K. Hristov and A. Zaffaroni, Black hole microstates in AdS4 from supersymmetric localization, JHEP 1605 (2016) 054, arXiv:1511.04085 [hep-th], 37 citations.
  6. K. Hristov, S. Katmadas, Wilson lines for AdS5 black strings, JHEP 1502 (2015) 009, arXiv:1411.2432 [hep-th], 1 citation.
  7. K. Hristov, A. Rota, 6d-5d-4d reduction of BPS attractors in flat gauged supergravities, Nucl.Phys. B897 (2015) 213-228, arXiv:1410.5386 [hep-th], 5 citations.
  8. K. Hristov, Dimensional reduction of BPS attractors in AdS gauged supergravities, JHEP 1412 (2014) 066, arXiv:1409.8504 [hep-th], 7 citations.
  9. K. Hristov, A. Rota, Attractors, black objects, and holographic RG flows in 5d maximal gauged supergravities, JHEP 1403 (2014) 057, arXiv:1312.3275 [hep-th], 5 citations.
  10. A. Gnecchi, K. Hristov, D. Klemm, C. Toldo, and O. Vaughan, Rotating black holes in 4d gauged supergravity, JHEP 1401 (2014) 127, arXiv:1311.1795 [hep-th], 34 citations.
  11. K. Hristov, C. Toldo and S. Vandoren, Phase transitions of magnetic AdS4 black holes with scalar hair, Phys.Rev. D88 (2013) 026019, arXiv:1304.5187 [hep-th], 19 citations.
  12. K. Hristov, A. Tomasiello and A. Zaffaroni, Supersymmetry on Three-dimensional Lorentzian Curved Spaces and Black Hole Holography, JHEP 1305 (2013) 057, arXiv:1302.5228 [hep-th], 34 citations.
  13. K. Hristov, S. Katmadas and V. Pozzoli, Ungauging black holes and hidden supercharges, JHEP 1301 (2013) 110, arXiv:1211.0035 [hep-th], 19 citations.
  14. K. Hristov, Lessons from the Vacuum Structure of 4d N=2 Supergravity, PhD thesis, supervisor Stefan Vandoren, arXiv:1207.3830 [hep-th], 8 citations.
  15. K. Hristov, C. Toldo and S. Vandoren, Black branes in AdS: BPS bounds and asymptotic charges, Fortsch.Phys. 60 (2012) 1057-1063, arXiv:1201.6592 [hep-th], 5 citations.
  16. K. Hristov, On BPS Bounds in D=4 N=2 Gauged Supergravity II: General Matter couplings and Black Hole Masses, JHEP 1203 (2012) 095, arXiv:1112.4289 [hep-th], 15 citations.
  17. K. Hristov, C. Toldo and S. Vandoren, On BPS bounds in D=4 N=2 gauged supergravity, JHEP 1112 (2011) 014, arXiv:1110.2688 [hep-th], 22 citations.
  18. K. Hristov, S. Vandoren, Static supersymmetric black holes in AdS4 with spherical symmetry, JHEP 04 (2011) 047, arXiv:1012.4314 [hep-th], 64 citations.
  19. K. Hristov, H. Looyestijn and S. Vandoren, BPS black holes in N = 2 D = 4 gauged supergravities, JHEP 08 (2010) 103, arXiv:1005.3650 [hep-th], 26 citations.
  20. K. Hristov, H. Looyestijn and S. Vandoren, Maximally supersymmetric solutions of D = 4 N = 2 gauged supergravity , JHEP 11 (2009) 115, arXiv:0909.1743 [hep-th], 38 citations.
  21. K. Hristov, Axion Stabilization in Type IIB Flux Compactifications, JHEP 01 (2009) 046, arXiv:0810.3329 [hep-th], 5 citations.
  22. M. Girju, K. Hristov, O. Kidun and D. Bauer, Nonperturbative resonant strong field ionization of atomic hydrogen, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 40 4165, arXiv:0707.3111 [physics.atom-ph], 11 citations.