3 June 2026

Photo: Didina Serban

Didina Serban is best known for her contributions to theoretical and mathematical physics, especially in the study of integrable systems and the AdS/CFT correspondence (a major framework connecting quantum field theory and string theory). Her main achievements include:

Advancing the understanding of integrability in gauge and string theories, helping develop methods for solving parts of the AdS/CFT correspondence. 

Contributing important results on long-range spin chains, which are closely related to calculations in supersymmetric gauge theories. 
Co-developing new approaches to the Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz (TBA), a powerful framework used in exactly solvable quantum systems. 
Overall, her work has helped provide non-perturbative tools for understanding quantum field theories and string theory. Her work has several close connections with the research of our CRC 1624 on integrability. 

Didina Serban will visit June 7 – 13, 2026.