Assistant Professor
Biography
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2018
Lic., Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2012
I am interested in quantum gravity and field theory, in particular quantum aspects of black holes and cosmology. My work has focused on holography, quantum chaos, the connection between gravity and quantum mechanics, near-extremal black holes, and cosmology.
Before joining the University of Washington, I was a Member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and a Fundamental Physics Fellow at UC Santa Barbara. I got my PhD at Princeton University under the supervision of Herman Verlinde, and did my undergraduate studies at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
See Inspire and Google Scholar for a complete list of publications. A few selected publications can be found below.
Awards and Honors
- Department of Energy Early Career Award, 2025
- Frontiers of Science Award in Theoretical Physics, ICBS, 2024
- Fundamental Physics Fellowship, UCSB, 2018
Awards and Honors
Department of Energy Early Career Award, 2025
Frontiers of Science Award in Theoretical Physics, ICBS, 2024
Fundamental Physics Fellowship, UCSB, 2018
Research
Selected Research
- G. J. Turiaci, "New insights on near-extremal black holes," ICTS News, Volume IX, Issue 1, 2023.
- T. G. Mertens and G. J. Turiaci, "Solvable models of quantum black holes," Living Rev. Rel. 26, no.1, 4, 2023.
- L. V. Iliesiu and G. J. Turiaci, "The statistical mechanics of near-extremal black holes,'' JHEP 05, 145 (2021).
- H. Maxfield and G. J. Turiaci,"The path integral of 3D gravity near extremality; or, JT gravity with defects as a matrix integral," JHEP 01, 118, 2021.
- T. G. Mertens, G. J. Turiaci and H. L. Verlinde, "Solving the Schwarzian via the Conformal Bootstrap," JHEP 08, 136, 2017.
- G. J. Turiaci and H. Verlinde, "On CFT and Quantum Chaos," JHEP 12, 110, 2016.