Luboš Motl in a restaurant

Luboš Motl (born 1973) is a Czech theoretical physicist who works on string theory and conceptual problems of quantum gravity. He was born in Plzeň. He received his master degree from the Charles University in Prague, and his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Rutgers University and has been a Harvard Junior Fellow (2001-2004) at Harvard University where he is now an assistant professor.

Together with Robbert Dijkgraaf, Erik Verlinde, and Herman Verlinde, he is a co-founder of Matrix string theory, a nonperturbative definition of string theory. Recently he worked on the pp-wave limit of AdS/CFT correspondence; twistor theory and its application to gauge theory with supersymmetry; black hole thermodynamics and the conjectured relevance of quasinormal modes for loop quantum gravity; deconstruction, and other topics. He has a presence on the Internet, where he often participates in heated discussions supporting string theory against loop quantum gravity. Together with Urs Schreiber and Arvind Rajaraman, he is a co-founder and moderator of the sci.physics.strings newsgroup.

Motl translated "The Elegant Universe" by Brian Greene to Czech, and together with Miloš Zahradník, he co-authored a Czech textbook on linear algebra (We Grow Linear Algebra).

Other interests

Luboš Motl was well known in BBS Liane community in 90's for his poetry and his posts on CzLove board.

Motl is very active member of several discussion forums in the Czech Republic. A large number of posts about his political opinions has gained Motl a reputation there; with some considering him as a troll.

External links

• Luboš Motl's home page
• His blog
• SCI.physics.STRINGS newsgroup