Contact Information
273 Altgeld Hall, MC-382
1409 W. Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Areas
Research Description
My primary research interests are in the area of algebraic geometry and its interaction with theoretical physics, especially string theories and supersymmetric field theories.
Education
Ph.D., Mathematics, Princeton University, 1980
Awards and Honors
Fellow, American Mathematical Society, 2013
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Physics
Special Advisor to the Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
External Links
Recent Publications
Choi, J., van Garrel, M., Katz, S., & Takahashi, N. (2020). Local BPS Invariants: Enumerative Aspects and Wall-Crossing. International Mathematics Research Notices, 2020(17), 5450-5475. https://doi.org/10.1093/imrn/rny171
Katz, S., Kim, H. C., Tarazi, H. C., & Vafa, C. (2020). Swampland constraints on 5d N = 1 supergravity. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020(7), [80]. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2020)080
Jefferson, P., Katz, S., Kim, H. C., & Vafa, C. (2018). On geometric classification of 5d SCFTs. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018(4), [103]. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2018)103
Anderson, L. B., Heckman, J. J., Katz, S., & Schaposnik, L. P. (2017). T-branes at the limits of geometry. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(10), [58]. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2017)058
Jockers, H., Katz, S., Morrison, D. R., & Plesser, M. R. (2017). SU(N) Transitions in M-Theory on Calabi–Yau Fourfolds and Background Fluxes. Communications in Mathematical Physics, 351(2), 837-871. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-016-2741-5