Jonathan Mboyo Esole

Jonathan Mboyo Esole (born February 24, 1977) is an associate professor of mathematics at Northeastern University. He works on the geometry of string theory.

Jonathan Mboyo Esole
Esole in 2018
Born24 February 1977 (1977-02-24) (age 43)
Alma materFree University of Brussels
University of Cambridge
Leiden University
Scientific career
InstitutionsNortheastern University
Harvard University
Doctoral advisorAna Achúcarro
Websitenortheastern.edu/esole

Early life and career

Esole was born in Kinshasa and attended Collège Boboto. He moved to Belgium at the age of three and did not return to the Congo for six years.[1] He studied at the Free University of Brussels, the same university his father had attended.[1] In his thesis, Unicité de la supergravité D=4 N=1 par les méthodes BRST, he demonstrated the uniqueness of N=1 supergravity in four spacetime dimensions with minimal assumptions using homological methods. This was a major result in the field as it showed that under mild assumptions that if a free graviton is coupled to a particle of spin 3/2, the only consistent theory will have supersymmetry..

He graduated Summa cum laude in 2001, and won the prize for the best thesis.[2] He joined the University of Cambridge for his doctoral studies to study Part III of the Mathematical Tripos, working under director of studies Fernando Quevedo. He moved to Leiden University for his PhD, working with Ana Achúcarro on cosmic strings.[3] His thesis considered Fayet-Iliopoulos terms and BPS cosmic strings in N = 2 supergravity.[4] He served as a visiting fellow at Stanford University, working with Renata Kallosh. He joined KU Leuven as a Marie Curie Fellow, working with Antoine Van Proeyen and Frederic Denef on string theory and supergravity.[5] He spoke at the Marie Curie Fellow Training Workshop.[6]

Career

Esole works on F-theory, a branch of string theory at the interface with mathematics.[7] He joined the Department of Physics at Harvard University as a postdoctoral research fellow in 2008. He moved to the Department of Mathematics in 2013, and was appointed Benjamin Peirce Fellow working with the Fields Medal winner Shing-Tung Yau.[8] He worked on SU(5) models and opened the door to the systematic use of crepant resolutions of singularities in F-theory.[9] He also studied D-brane deconstructions in IIB Orientifolds.[10] He delivered a keynote at the Conference for African American Research in Mathematical Sciences.[11] He was a member of the Center for the Fundamental Law of Nature. Esole was appointed as an assistant professor at Northeastern University in 2016.[12] He was awarded a National Science Foundation grant to work on Elliptic Fibrations and String Theory in 2014. This allowed him to investigate F-theory and elliptic fibrations.[13]

In 2017 Esole was named a NextEinstein Forum Fellow.[14] This award celebrates the best young African scientists.[8] He is interested in African education and supports the Lumumba Lab.[15] He is part of the Malaika school, an initiative to teach girls in Kalebuka.[8]

Awards and honours
  • 2018 International Dunia Award[16][17]
  • 2017 NextEinstein Forum Fellow[18]
  • 2013 Harvard University Benjamin Peirce Fellow
  • 2006 European Commission Maire Curie Fellow
  • 2001 University of Cambridge Philippe Wiener-Maurice Anspach Foundation Grant
  • 2001 Free University of Brussels Board of Honour
  • 2001 Free University of Brussels A.Sc.Br Prize, Best Thesis in the Faculty of Sciences
  • 1997 Association of Congolese Journalists for Progress, Prix d’ Excellence[18]
  • 1997 Baccalaureate of the Republic of Zaire, Vice Laureate

References
  1. "Jonathan Mboyo Esole : un futur Einstein pour l'Afrique ?". Le Point Afrique (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  2. "Jonathan Mboyo Esole". gg2018.nef.org. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  3. Achúcarro, Ana; Celi, Alessio; Esole, Mboyo; Bergh, Joris Van den; Proeyen, Antoine Van (2006). "D -term cosmic strings from N = 2 supergravity". Journal of High Energy Physics. 2006 (1): 102. arXiv:hep-th/0511001. doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2006/01/102. ISSN 1126-6708.
  4. "Annual Report 2006" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  5. "Research Interest of Mboyo Esole". insti.physics.sunysb.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  6. "3rd RTN Workshop, Valencia 2007". www.uv.es. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  7. "Jonathan Mboyo Esole". www.northeastern.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  8. Malaika. "Meet Jonathan Mboyo Esole | Malaika". malaika.org. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  9. Esole, Mboyo; Yau, Shing-Tung (2013). "Small resolutions of SU(5)-models in F-theory". Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. 17 (6): 1195–1253. arXiv:1107.0733. doi:10.4310/atmp.2013.v17.n6.a1. ISSN 1095-0761.
  10. Collinucci, Andres; Denef, Frederik; Esole, Mboyo (2009). "D-brane Deconstructions in IIB Orientifolds". JHEP. 0902 (2): 005. doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2009/02/005.
  11. Institute for Advanced Study (2016-06-30), Birational Geometry of Elliptic Fibrations and Combinatorics - Jonathan Mboyo Esole, retrieved 2018-11-09
  12. "Jonathan Mboyo Esole". www.northeastern.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  13. "NSF Award Search: Award#1701635 – Elliptic Fibrations and String Theory". nsf.gov. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  14. "Math professor named Next Einstein Fellow". Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  15. "Interview. Jonathan Mboyo Esole : " Je voudrais faire avancer une culture d'excellence dans l'enseignement des sciences et la recherche scientifique " | adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo". www.adiac-congo.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  16. "Professeur Jonathan MBOYO ESOLE | Soulier d'Ébène". www.soulierdebene.be (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  17. Mboyo Esole (2018-05-16), Jonathan Esole, 2018 Dunia Award., retrieved 2018-11-16
  18. "Jonathan Esole". Next Einstein Forum. 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
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