Thomas Curtright

Who is Thomas Curtright?

Thomas L. Curtright is a theoretical physicist at the University of Miami. He did undergraduate work in physics at the University of Missouri—Columbia, and graduate work at Caltech under the supervision of Richard Feynman.

He has made numerous influential contributions in particle and mathematical physics, notably in higher-spin fields, quantum Liouville theory, geometrostatic sigma models, quantum algebras, and deformation quantization.

Curtright is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a co-recipient of the SESAPS Jesse Beams Award, a University of Miami Cooper Fellow, and a recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award from the University's Senate. He has co-authored several volumes, notably on quantum mechanics in phase space.