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John C. Baez

John Carlos Baez (/ˈbaɪ.ɛz/ BY-ez; born June 12, 1961) is an American mathematical physicist and a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in Riverside, California. He has worked on spin foams in loop quantum gravity, applications of higher categories to physics, and applied category theory. Additionally, Baez is known…

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Awards
Levi L. Conant Prize (2013)
Education
Princeton University (AB) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Born
John Carlos Baez (1961-06-12) June 12, 1961 (age 65) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Doctoral advisor
Irving Segal
Doctoral students
Alissa Crans
Fields
Mathematics, mathematical physics

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related to Education · 9
John C. Baez → Baez, Burgess, He, Irving Segal, John, Massachusetts Institute, Princeton University, Recursivity, Technology
Awards · 1
John C. Baez → Levi L. Conant Prize (2013)
Born · 1
John C. Baez → John Carlos Baez (1961-06-12) June 12, 1961 (age 65) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Doctoral advisor · 1
John C. Baez → Irving Segal
Doctoral students · 1
John C. Baez → Alissa Crans
Education · 1
John C. Baez → Princeton University (AB) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
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John C. Baez → Mathematics, mathematical physics
Spouse · 1
John C. Baez → Lisa Raphals
Thesis · 1
John C. Baez → Conformally Invariant Quantum Fields (1986)
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John C. Baez → University of California, Riverside

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John C. BaezEducationPrinceton University (AB) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)1.00infobox
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John C. BaezSpouseLisa Raphals1.00infobox
John C. BaezThesisConformally Invariant Quantum Fields (1986)1.00infobox
John C. BaezWorkplacesUniversity of California, Riverside1.00infobox
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