Rate My Professor Guido Festuccia

Guido Festuccia serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at The Ohio State University, with expertise in High Energy Theory. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Scuola Normale Superiore and the University of Pisa, earning an MS in Physics from Università di Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore. Festuccia obtained his PhD in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007. His research focuses on High Energy Theoretical Physics, encompassing topics such as supersymmetric theories, quantum field theory in curved spaces, and scattering amplitudes. Festuccia has made significant contributions through highly cited publications. Key works include 'Rigid supersymmetric theories in curved superspace' co-authored with N. Seiberg (Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011, 700 citations); 'General relativity from scattering amplitudes' with N.E.J. Bjerrum-Bohr, P.H. Damgaard, L. Planté, and P. Vanhove (Physical Review Letters, 2018, 373 citations); 'Supersymmetric field theories on three-manifolds' with C. Closset, T.T. Dumitrescu, and Z. Komargodski (Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013, 330 citations); 'Contact terms, unitarity, and F-maximization in three-dimensional superconformal theories' with C. Closset, T.T. Dumitrescu, Z. Komargodski, and N. Seiberg (Journal of High Energy Physics, 2012, 290 citations); 'Exploring curved superspace' with T.T. Dumitrescu and N. Seiberg (Journal of High Energy Physics, 2012, 279 citations); 'Comments on Chern-Simons contact terms in three dimensions' with C. Closset, T.T. Dumitrescu, Z. Komargodski, and N. Seiberg (Journal of High Energy Physics, 2012, 275 citations); 'Excursions beyond the horizon: Black hole singularities in Yang-Mills theories (I)' with H. Liu (Journal of High Energy Physics, 2006, 244 citations); 'The geometry of supersymmetric partition functions' with C. Closset, T.T. Dumitrescu, and Z. Komargodski (Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014, 217 citations); 'Implementing general gauge mediation' with L.M. Carpenter, M. Dine, and J.D. Mason (Physical Review D, 2009, 156 citations); and 'A Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization formula for quasinormal frequencies of AdS black holes' with H. Liu (Advanced Science Letters, 2009, 146 citations). These publications demonstrate his influence in advancing theoretical frameworks for supersymmetry and gravitational phenomena.

Festuccia maintains affiliations with The Ohio State University and Uppsala Universitet, reflecting his ongoing engagement in the field. His work has been presented in seminars, including high-energy physics talks at institutions such as the Institute for Advanced Study.