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2026

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Mathematics

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76
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National Ranking
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Physics

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Citations
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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2014 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his many contributions to the connection between geometry and physics, including spacetime singularities and topology change in string theory, generalizations of AdSCFT duality, and foundational work in F theory
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2005 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

David R. Morrison is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Mathematics and Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geometry and Topology, and Mathematical Physics. Further, their work addresses topics in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics as well as Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their primary research interests cover areas such as Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology, Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory, and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies. Additional topics include Nonlinear Waves and Solitons, Geometry and complex manifolds, and Advanced Algebra and Geometry.

The scientist has published extensively in several academic venues, including:

  • Journal of High Energy Physics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • UNC Libraries
  • SciPost Physics
  • Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly

Recent publications include:

  • "Generalized Symmetries in F-theory and the Topology of Elliptic Fibrations," 2022, SciPost Physics
  • "Exotic matter on singular divisors in F-theory," 2023, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • "Charge completeness and the massless charge lattice in F-theory models of supergravity," 2021, Journal of High Energy Physics
  • "On the frozen F-theory landscape," 2024, Journal of High Energy Physics
  • "Generalized Symmetries in F-theory and the Topology of Elliptic Fibrations," 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent collaborators associated with the scientist include:

  • Jonathan J. Heckman
  • Sakura Schäfer-Nameki
  • Michele Del Zotto
  • Max Hübner
  • Yi-Nan Wang

The scientist's career has been recognized through several fellowships:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2015
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), 2014, for contributions to the connection between geometry and physics, including spacetime singularities and topology change in string theory, generalizations of AdSCFT duality, and foundational work in F theory
  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2013
  • Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2005

Best Publications

  • String theory

    Brian R. Greene;David R. Morrison;Joseph Polchinski

  • Compactifications of F-theory on Calabi-Yau threefolds. (I)

    David R. Morrison;Cumrun Vafa

  • Compactifications of F-Theory on Calabi--Yau Threefolds -- II

    David R. Morrison;Cumrun Vafa

  • Non-spherical horizons, I

    David R. Morrison;M. Ronen Plesser

  • Five-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories and degenerations of Calabi-Yau spaces

    Kenneth A. Intriligator;David R. Morrison;Nathan Seiberg

  • Geometric singularities and enhanced gauge symmetries

    M. Bershadsky;Kenneth A. Intriligator;S. Kachru;David R. Morrison;David R. Morrison

  • Extremal transitions and five-dimensional supersymmetric field theories

    David R. Morrison;Nathan Seiberg

  • On K3 surfaces with large Picard number

    D. R. Morrison

  • Summing the instantons: Quantum cohomology and mirror symmetry in toric varieties

    David R. Morrison;David R. Morrison;M.Ronen Plesser

  • Calabi-Yau moduli space, mirror manifolds and spacetime topology change in string theory

    Paul S. Aspinwall;Brian R. Greene;David R. Morrison

  • On the classification of 6D SCFTs and generalized ADE orbifolds

    Jonathan J. Heckman;David R. Morrison;Cumrun Vafa

  • Black hole condensation and the unification of string vacua

    Brian R. Greene;David R. Morrison;Andrew Strominger

  • Mirror Symmetry for Two Parameter Models - II *

    Philip Candelas;Philip Candelas;Philip Candelas;Anamaria Font;Sheldon H. Katz;David R. Morrison;David R. Morrison

  • Atomic classification of 6D SCFTs

    Jonathan J. Heckman;David R. Morrison;Tom Rudelius;Cumrun Vafa

  • Localization techniques in quantum field theories

    Vasily Pestun;Maxim Zabzine;Francesco Benini;Francesco Benini;Tudor Dimofte;Tudor Dimofte

  • Orbifold resolution by D-branes

    Michael R. Douglas;Brian R. Greene;David R. Morrison

  • Enhanced gauge symmetry in type II string theory

    Sheldon H. Katz;David R. Morrison;M.Ronen Plesser

  • Classifying bases for 6D F-theory models

    David R. Morrison;Washington Taylor

  • Point-like instantons on K3 orbifolds

    Paul S. Aspinwall;David R. Morrison

  • Triples, Fluxes, and Strings

    Jan de Boer;Robbert Dijkgraaf;David R. Morrison;John Morgan

Frequent Co-Authors

Cumrun Vafa
Cumrun Vafa Harvard University
Sheldon Katz
Sheldon Katz University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ron Donagi
Ron Donagi University of Pennsylvania
János Kollár
János Kollár Princeton University
Robert Lazarsfeld
Robert Lazarsfeld Stony Brook University
Nathan Seiberg
Nathan Seiberg Institute for Advanced Study
Jan de Boer
Jan de Boer University of Amsterdam
Hirosi Ooguri
Hirosi Ooguri California Institute of Technology
Albrecht Klemm
Albrecht Klemm University of Bonn
Yuji Tachikawa
Yuji Tachikawa Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe

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