2025 CAP-CRM Prize awarded to Alexander Maloney
The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) and the Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) are pleased to announce that the 2025 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics is awarded to Alexander Maloney, McGill University, CRM-member, in recognition of his pioneering contributions to the fields of conformal field theory and three-dimensional quantum gravity.
Professor Maloney is internationally recognized as a leading researcher working on foundational questions at the interface of particle physics, gravitation, and cosmology. He received his Ph.D, in physics from Harvard University in 2003. In 2007, he joined the faculty of McGill University, where he is a James McGill Professor of Physics.
About the CAP-CRM Prize
The objective of this award is to recognize research excellence in the fields of theoretical and mathematical physics. The annual CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics was first introduced in 1995, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the CAP.
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