Curriculum Vitae Aleksey Cherman

Curriculum Vitae Aleksey Cherman Institute for Nuclear Theory Box 351550, University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-1550, USA Email: acherman@uw.edu Tel.: (1) 612-703-9785 Research Area Phenomenological and mathematical aspects of quantum field theories relevant to high energy particle theory and nuclear theory, with an emphasis on non-perturbative and strong-coupling phenomena. Education o University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA 2006-2010 Ph. D. Physics, May 2010 Advisor: Thomas D. Cohen o University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA 2006, B.S. Physics and Mathematics Academic Employment o Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, USA September 2015 present Postdoctoral Research Associate o University of Minnesota, USA September 2012 August 2015 Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, Department of Physics Postdoctoral Researcher o University of Cambridge, UK October 2010 August 2012 Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, HEP group Post-Doctoral Research Associate o University of Maryland, College Park, USA July 2008 September 2010 Theoretical Quarks, Hadrons and Nuclei group Research Assistant September 2006 June 2008

Department of Physics Teaching Assistant Honors and Grants o University of Maryland Goldhaber Travel Award, 2009. o Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics Graduate Fellowship, 2008-2009. o Ralph Myers Teaching Award, Runner-up, 2008. Refereeing o Referee for Journal of High Energy Physics, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review D, Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics B, Annals of Physics. Conference and Seminar Organization o Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Tokyo, Japan 2016 Resurgence Theory Workshop Workshop co-organiser. o University of Minnesota Spring 2013 - Fall 2014 Co-Organizer of high energy theory seminars. o University of Cambridge 2011-2012 Academic Year Co-Organizer of HEP-GR colloquium series. o University of Maryland, College Park, May 2010 MCFP Large N Workshop Workshop co-organiser. Conferences/Workshops Attended o Instituto de Física Teórica, May and June 2015 enlarge Horizons workshop and conference. Madrid, Spain o Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, March 2015 Resurgence and Localization in String Theory and Quantum Field Theory conference. Geneva, Switzerland o Aspen Center for Physics, February 2015 Progress and Application of Modern Quantum Field Theory conference. Aspen, Colorado, USA o CERN, July 2014 Resurgence and Transseries in Quantum, Gauge, and String Theories conference. Geneva, Switzerland

o University of Santa Maria, December 2013 High Energy Physics in the LHC Era conference. Valparaiso, Chile o DESY-Hamburg, September 2013 Non-perturbative QFT: Methods and Applications conference. Hamburg, Germany o University of Minnesota, May 2013 Continuous Advances in QCD conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA o Yukawa Institute at Kyoto University, February 2012 New-type lattice fermions conference. Kyoto, Japan o University of Cambridge, October 2011 Fundamental Physics UK IV conference. Cambridge, United Kingdom o University of Nottingham, August 2011 Tutor at British Universities School in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics. Nottingham, United Kingdom o University of Minnesota, April 2011 Continuous Advances in QCD conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA o Galileo Galilei Institute, April 2011 Large N Gauge Theories conference. Florence, Italy o Swansea University, July 2009 Large N @ Swansea workshop. Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom o Schladming Winter School, March 2009 Fundamental Challenges of QCD Schladming, Austria o Institute for Nuclear Theory, February 2009 INT Workshop New Frontiers in Large N Gauge Theories. Seattle, WA, USA o Institute for Nuclear Theory, May/June 2008 INT Program From Strings to Things: string theory methods in QCD and hadron physics. Seattle, WA, USA o Jefferson Lab, October 2005 Pentaquark 2005. Newport News, VA, USA

Extended Visits o Visitor in Particle Theory Group Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel o Large N Gauge Theories Program, April 2011 Galileo Galilei Institute Florence, Italy o Visiting Fellow, May/June 2008 Institute for Nuclear Theory Seattle, WA, USA o Foreign Graduate Student Invitation Program, January 2008 Nuclear Theory Group, Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo, Japan Seminars and Conference Talks 60. Particle theory seminar, December 2015. University of Torinto, Toronto ON, Canada Emergent symmetries and 4D-2D relations for confining large N gauge theories 59. Particle theory seminar, October 2015 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA. Emergent symmetries and 4D-2D relations for confining large N gauge theories 58. Particle theory seminar, October 2015 University of California, Los Angeles CA. Emergent symmetries and 4D-2D relations for confining large N gauge theories 57. Particle theory seminar, October 2015. KITP, University of California, Santa Barbara CA. Spectral Sum Rules and Vacuum Energies in Large N QCD 56. Nuclear theory brown bag seminar, October 2015. INT, University of Washington, Seattle WA. Spectral Sum Rules and Vacuum Energies in Large N QCD 55. Particle theory seminar, June 2015. DAMTP, Cambridge University, Cambridge UK. Emergent symmetries in the large N limit 54. Particle theory seminar, June 2015. Imperial College, London, UK Emergent symmetries in the large N limit 53. Particle theory seminar, April 2015. University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

52. Particle theory seminar, March 2015. Joint Seminar in Theoretical High Energy Physics, Neve Shalom, Israel 51. Particle theory seminar, March 2015. Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel Emergent fermionic symmetries in the large N limit 50. Conference presentation, February 2015. Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO, USA Continuity and Resurgence in QFT. 49. Particle theory seminar, February 2015. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA Emergent fermionic symmetries in the large N limit 48. String theory seminar, December 2014. Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, ON, Canada. 47. Nuclear theory seminar, December 2014. University of Maryland, College Park, MD Emergent fermionic symmetries in the large N limit 46. Particle theory seminar, November 2014. Caltech, Pasadena CA 45. String/math seminar, November 2014. IPMU, Tokyo, Japan 44. Particle theory seminar, November 2014. UCSD, San Diego CA Vacuum energy at large N 43. Nuclear theory seminar, November 2014. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Vacuum energy at large N 42. Particle theory seminar, April 2014. Princeton University, Princeton NJ 41. Particle theory seminar, March 2013. University of Texas, Austin TX.

40. Particle theory seminar, March 2014. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Large N volume independence and an emergent fermionic symmetry 39. Particle theory seminar, February 2014. Syracuse University 38. Conference talk, December 2013. University of Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile 37. Particle theory seminar, November 2013. University of Washington, Seattle 36. Conference talk, September 2013. DESY-Hamburg Large N volume independence and an emergent fermionic symmetry 35. Seminar in nuclear theory group, March 2013. Brookhaven National Laboratory, US "Sneaking up on dense QCD using large N methods 34. Seminar in particle theory group, February 2013. Institute for Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Tokyo, Japan "Large N volume independence and Bosonization 33. Seminar in nuclear theory group, November 2012. University of Minnesota, US "Approaching super-dense nuclear matter using large N methods 32. Seminar in HEP group, March 2012. Syracuse University, Syracuse NY, US "Nuclear condensates and helium white dwarf stars 31. Department Colloquium, March 2012. Syracuse University, Syracuse NY, US "Approaching super-dense nuclear matter using large N methods 30. Seminar in HEP group, March 2012. Swansea University, Swansea UK "Nuclear condensate and helium white dwarf stars 29. Seminar in HEP group, Feb 2012. KEK, Tsukuba, Japan "Sneaking up on dense QCD using large N methods 28. Seminar in string group, Feb 2012. RIKEN, Wako, Japan "Sneaking up on dense QCD using large N methods 27. Seminar in nuclear group, Feb 2012. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

"Sneaking up on dense QCD using large N methods 26. Seminar in string group, Feb 2012. Institute for Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Tokyo, Japan "Long-distance properties of baryons in the Sakai-Sugimoto model" 25. Seminar in HEP theory group, November 2011. Durham University, Durham, UK "Long-distance properties of baryons in the Sakai-Sugimoto model" 24. Seminar in nuclear theory group, October 2011. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA 23. Physics and astronomy dept. colloquium, October 2011. San Francisco State University, Berkeley, CA, USA "Sneaking up on dense nuclear matter using large N methods" 22. Seminar in nuclear theory group, October 2011. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA 21. Seminar in particle theory group, October 2011. University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA 20. Seminar in particle theory group, October 2011. CUNY-City College, New York, NY, USA 19. Seminar in nuclear theory group, October 2011. Duke University, Durham, NC, USA 18. Seminar in particle theory group, June 2011. University of Sussex, Sussex, UK 17. Seminar in nuclear theory group, May 2011. University of Maryland, College Park, USA 16. Seminar at Continuous Advances in QCD conference, May 2011. University of Minnesota, Minnesotta, MN, USA 15. Seminar at Large N Gauge Theory workshop, April 2011. Galileo Galilei Institute, Florence, Italy 14. Seminar in particle theory group, November 2010. Swansea University, Swansea, UK

13. Seminar, DAMTP November 2010. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK "The phases of deuterium at extreme densities" 12. Seminar, DAMTP November 2010. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 11. Seminar, nuclear theory group, December 2009. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA "Transport coefficients and universality in high T holography" 10. Seminar, particle theory group, November 2009. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada "Transport coefficients and universality in high T holography" 9. Seminar, nuclear and particle theory group, November 2009. Duke University, Durham, NC, USA "Transport coefficients and universality in high T holography" 8. Large N @ Swansea Workshop, July 2009. Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK "Transport coefficients and universality in high T holography" 7. Schladming Winter School on Fundamental Challenges of QCD, February 2009. Schladming, Austria "A novel large N relation as a probe of Skyrmions and their holographic cousins" 6. New Frontiers in Large N Gauge Theories Workshop, February 2009. INT, University of Washington, Washington, Seattle, WA, USA "A novel large N relation as a probe of Skyrmions and their holographic cousins" 5. Strings to Things Program, June 2008. INT, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA The chiral condensate in holographic models of QCD 4. High Energy Theory Seminar, April 2008. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA The chiral condensate in holographic models of QCD 3. Foreign Graduate Student Invitation Program, January 2008. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan A sticky business: how perfect can fluids get? 2. Nuclear Theory Group seminar, January 2008. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan A sticky business: is there a fundamental bound on eta/s for all fluids? 1. Pentaquark 2005 workshop, October 2005 Jefferson Lab, Newport News, VA, USA The collective quantization of SU(3) skyrmions