Sungjay Lee is a theoretical physicist working mostly on Quantum Field Theory (QFT). This is a natural framework describing many different parts of physics, from particle physics, to condensed matter physics, and to statistical physics. To make fundamental theoretical advances in some of the most interesting problems in modern physics such as the strong nuclear force, strongly coupled systems of electrons, and quantum gravity, it is essential to understand QFT in the strongly coupled regime. Over the years, he has investigated new theoretical tools to understand the strong dynamics of supersymmetric field theory, conformal field theory, and string/M-theory.
- 2002-2008: Ph.D., Seoul National University
- 2008-2010: Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Advanced Study
- 2010-2010: Assistant Professor, Korea Institute for Advanced Study
- 2010-2012: Research Associate, University of Cambridge
- 2012-2015: STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow, University of Cambridge
- 2013-2015: Enrico Fermi Fellow, The University of Chicago
- 2015-Present: Professor, Korea Institute for Advanced Study
- 2009: Haksool Research Prize, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Korea
- 2012: Ernest Rutherford Fellowship, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK
- 2012: Enrico Fermi Fellowship, The University of Chicago, USA
- 2016: Junior Fellowship, Fondation Science Mathématique de Paris, France
- 2016: Young Scientist Award (Presidential), Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Korea
- 2017: Baekcheon Physics Prize, Korean Physical Society, Korea
Publications at KIAS
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A non-unitary bulk-boundary correspondence: Non-unitary Haagerup RCFTs from S-fold SCFTs
SCIPOST PHYSICS, 2024 -
ZN duality and parafermions revisited
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2023 -
Can the energy bound E >= 0 imply supersymmetry?
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2023 -
On classification of fermionic rational conformal field theories
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2023 -
Bootstrapping fermionic rational CFTs with three characters
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2022 -
Conformal Field Theories with Sporadic Group Symmetry
COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS, 2021 -
Emergent supersymmetry on the edges
SCIPOST PHYSICS, 2021 -
Fermionic rational conformal field theories and modular linear differential equations
PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS, 2021 -
Notes on superconformal representations in two dimensions
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, 2020 -
Monster anatomy
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2019 -
Vanishing OPE coefficients in 4d N=2 SCFTs
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2019 -
Modular constraints on superconformal field theories
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2019 -
Recent Developments in Modular Bootstrap
JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY, 2018 -
Holonomy saddles and supersymmetry
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2018 -
Supersymmetric vortex defects in two dimensions
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2018 -
Modular constraints on conformal field theories with currents
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2017 -
AGT on the S-duality wall
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2010 -
1/2-BPS Wilson loops and vortices in ABJM model
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2010 -
A study of Wall-Crossing: flavored kinks in D=2 QED
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2010 -
Nonrelativistic superconformal M2-brane theory
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2009 -
Topological Chern-Simons sigma model
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2009 -
A nonperturbative test of M2-brane theory
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2008 -
Mass-deformed Bagger-Lambert theory and its BPS objects
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2008 -
N=5, 6 superconformal Chern-Simons theories and M2-branes on orbifolds
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2008 -
Dyonic instantons in 5-dim Yang-Mills Chern-Simons theories
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2008 -
N=4 superconformal Chern-Simons theories with hyper and twisted hyper multiplets
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2008
Selected Publications
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Notes on SUSY gauge theories on three-sphere
Journal of High Energy Physics 2011 (3), 1-14 -
SUSY gauge theories on squashed three-spheres
Journal of High Energy Physics 2011 (5), 1-23 -
N= 5, 6 superconformal Chern-Simons theories and M2-branes on orbifolds
Journal of High Energy Physics 2008 (09), 002 -
Exact results in D= 2 supersymmetric gauge theories
Journal of High Energy Physics 2013 (5), 1-71 -
N= 4 Superconformal Chern-Simons theories with hyper and twisted hyper multiplets
Journal of High Energy Physics 2008 (07), 091 -
Exact Kähler potential from gauge theory and mirror symmetry
Journal of High Energy Physics 2013 (4), 1-37 -
On instantons as Kaluza-Klein modes of M5-branes
Journal of High Energy Physics 2011 (12), 1-52 -
Quantization of integrable systems and a 2d/4d duality
Journal of High Energy Physics 2011 (10), 1-42 -
Modular constraints on conformal field theories with currents
Journal of High Energy Physics 2017 (12), 1-42 -
Emergent supersymmetry on the edges
SciPost Physics 11 (5), 091
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