Melanie Becker

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Melanie Becker is affiliated with the following schools: Texas A&M University, Technical University of Munich, University of Bonn

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According to Wikipedia, Melanie Becker was a physicist known for her research into string theory. She was a tenured professor of physics at Texas A&M University upon her death in 2020. Early life and Education Melanie Becker was originally from Germany but grew up in Malaga, Spain where She graduated from Instituto Nacional de Enseñanza Mixto de Torremolinos in 1987. She received her Diplom in physics focusing on String Theory from the University of Bonn in 1991 while working with Werner Nahm. She simultaneously worked with Luis Álvarez-Gaumé at the particle accelerator at CERN when earning her Diplom. Following her Ph.D, Melanie Becker was in California first as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara and then at the California Institute of Technology as a senior research fellow working with John H. Schwarz. In 2000 she moved to the University of Maryland as an assistant professor marking the start of her independent academic career. In 2005 she moved to Texas A&M University where she was given Tenure on arrival and became a member of the George P. and Cynthia Woods Michell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy.

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Melanie Becker's Published Works

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String theory and M-theory: A modern introduction (2006) (857)
Fivebranes, membranes and non-perturbative string theory (1995) (651)
M theory on eight manifolds (1996) (566)
Supersymmetry Breaking and α′-Corrections to Flux Induced Potentials (2002) (392)
Compactifications of heterotic theory on non-Kähler complex manifolds, I (2003) (244)
String theory and M-theory (2007) (234)
Compactifications of heterotic strings on non-Kähler complex manifolds II (2003) (169)
Higher order graviton scattering in M(atrix) theory (1997) (147)
Supersymmetry breaking, M theory and fluxes (2001) (139)
A two-loop test of M(atrix) theory (1997) (134)
Anomaly cancellation and smooth non-Kähler solutions in heterotic string theory (2006) (132)
M-theory inflation from multi M5-brane dynamics (2005) (127)
Properties of heterotic vacua from superpotentials (2003) (126)
De Sitter vacua from heterotic M-theory (2004) (104)
Supersymmetric cycles in exceptional holonomy manifolds and Calabi-Yau four-folds (1996) (97)
Geometric transitions, flops and non-Kahler manifolds. II. (2004) (93)
String Theory and M-Theory: Frontmatter (2006) (83)
Moduli Stabilization in Non-Geometric Backgrounds (2006) (82)
Inflation from wrapped branes (2007) (71)
In the realm of the geometric transitions (2004) (70)
Compactifying M-theory to four dimensions (2000) (64)
Interactions in the SL(2, R)/U(1) black hole background (1993) (57)
Instanton action for type II hypermultiplets (1999) (52)
Boundaries in M-theory (1996) (52)
A note on flux induced superpotentials in string theory (2002) (47)
Correlation functions and hidden conformal symmetry of Kerr black holes (2010) (42)
Extremal three-point correlators in Kerr/CFT (2010) (36)
M-theory on Spin(7) manifolds, fluxes and 3D, N=1 supergravity (2003) (34)
Moduli space of torsional manifolds (2006) (34)
Graviton scattering amplitudes in M theory (1997) (33)
Abelian tensor hierarchy in 4D, N = 1 superspace (2016) (32)
Heterotic Cosmic Strings (2005) (30)
NON-PERTURBATIVE SOLUTION OF THE SUPER-VIRASORO CONSTRAINTS (1993) (30)
DOUBLE SCALING LIMIT OF THE SUPER-VIRASORO CONSTRAINTS (1992) (30)
New heterotic non-Kähler geometries (2008) (29)
Five-dimensional supergravity in N = 1/2 superspace (2002) (25)
Chern-Simons actions and their gaugings in 4D, N =1 superspace (2016) (21)
Eleven-dimensional supergravity in 4D, N = 1 superspace (2017) (19)
M-theory potential from the G2 Hitchin functional in superspace (2016) (18)
Chiral Supergravity (2009) (17)
Heterotic Kähler/non-Kähler Transitions (2007) (17)
Fivebrane gravitational anomalies (1999) (16)
Kaluza-Klein theories without truncation (2014) (14)
Runaway in the Landscape (2007) (14)
Complete solution for M(atrix) theory at two loops (1998) (13)
Finite-temperature three-point function in 2D CFT (2014) (12)
All Chern-Simons invariants of 4D, N = 1 gauged superform hierarchies (2017) (12)
String Theory and M-Theory: Introduction (2006) (10)
Boundary terms, spinors and Kerr/CFT (2012) (7)
Some tree-level string amplitudes in the NSR formalism (2015) (7)
N = 1 supercurrents of eleven-dimensional supergravity (2018) (7)
PP-waves, M-theory and fluxes (2003) (6)
M-theory and G2 manifolds (2015) (6)
Defects and boundary RG flows in ℂ/ℤd$$ \mathbb{C}/{\mathbb{Z}}_d $$ (2016) (4)
String Corrected Spacetimes and SU(N)-Structure Manifolds (2015) (4)
Three-point disc amplitudes in the RNS formalism (2016) (4)
Supersymmetry breaking and fi 0 -corrections to ∞ux induced potentials (2002) (4)
Snowbird Lectures on String Geometry (2006) (3)
Conformal interfaces between free boson orbifold theories (2017) (3)
M-theory potential from the G2 Hitchin functional in superspace (2016) (3)
N = 1 supercurrents of eleven-dimensional supergravity (2018) (2)
Non-Perturbative Approach to 2D-Supergravity and Super-Virasoro Constraints (1994) (2)
Quantum gravity corrections for Schwarzschild black holes (1998) (1)
On the Connection Between Chiral Gravity and String Theory (2008) (0)
The Shape of Inner Space by S. T. Yau and S. Nadis (2012) (0)
Gauge theory/string theory dualities (2006) (0)
The α-Expansion of Calabi-Yau Compactifications (2018) (0)
String Theory and M-Theory: M-theory and string duality (2006) (0)
Black holes in string theory (2006) (0)
Boundary terms, spinors and Kerr/CFT (2012) (0)
Chiral Supergravity in Three Dimensions (2008) (0)
Snowbird lectures on string geometry : proceedings of an AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Summer Research Conference on String Geometry, June 5-11, 2004, Snowbird, Utah (2006) (0)
String Theory and M-Theory: Strings with world-sheet supersymmetry (2006) (0)
String Theory and M-Theory: Flux compactifications (2006) (0)
Inflation and Cosmic Strings in Heterotic M-theory (2006) (0)
Non-Kahler Geometries and String Vacua (2009) (0)
O ct 2 01 7 MI-TH-1766 Eleven-Dimensional Supergravity in 4 D , N = 1 Superspace (2017) (0)
All Chern-Simons invariants of 4D, N = 1 gauged superform hierarchies (2017) (0)
A pr 2 00 5 UMD-PP-05-032 M-Theory Inflation from Multi M 5-Brane Dynamics (2005) (0)
Defects and boundary RG flows in ℂ/ℤd\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$ \mathbb{C}/{\mathbb{Z}}_d $$\end (2017) (0)
Nonperturbative approach to 2-D supergravity and superVirasoro constraints (1994) (0)
String Theory and M-Theory: String geometry (2006) (0)
Finite-temperature three-point function in 2D CFT (2014) (0)
String Theory and M-Theory: Conformal field theory and string interactions (2006) (0)
Chern-Simons actions and their gaugings in 4D, N =1 superspace (2016) (0)
String Theory and M-Theory: Bibliographic discussion (2006) (0)
String Theory and M-Theory: The bosonic string (2006) (0)
The $\alpha^{\prime}$-expansion of Calabi–Yau compactifications (2016) (0)
Abelian tensor hierarchy in 4D, N = 1 superspace (2016) (0)
December 1 , 2003 UMD-PP 03-071 hep-th / 0312040 M-theory on Spin ( 7 ) Manifolds , Fluxes and 3 D , N = 1 Supergravity (2008) (0)
String Theory and M-Theory: T-duality and D-branes (2006) (0)
The Shape of Inner Space by S. T. Yau and S. Nadis (2012) (0)
Title of dissertation: FLUX COMPACTIFICATION OF M-THEORY ON COMPACT MANIFOLDS WITH SPIN(7) (2005) (0)
- 1877 N = 1 Supercurrents of Eleven-dimensional Supergravity (2018) (0)
String Theory and M-Theory: Strings with space-time supersymmetry (2006) (0)
Eleven-dimensional supergravity in 4D, N = 1 superspace (2017) (0)
Some tree-level string amplitudes in the NSR formalism (2015) (0)
Ju l 2 00 6 MIFP-05-28 hep-th / 0510066 Heterotic Cosmic Strings (2006) (0)
Conformal interfaces between free boson orbifold theories (2017) (0)
The heterotic string (2006) (0)
Kaluza-Klein theories without truncation (2015) (0)
The alpha'-Expansion of Calabi-Yau Compactifications (2015) (0)

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