
Prof. James Sparks
- Head of Department
- Professor of Mathematical Physics
- Fellow, Oriel College
Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
My publications may be found on SPIRES.
Mathematical physics, theoretical physics, geometry. More specifically I work on supersymmetric field theories, supergravity, and the how these are related via the AdS/CFT correspondence. I'm also interested in geometric structures that arise in string theory and theoretical physics more broadly, notably special holonomy manifolds, Sasaki-Einstein manifolds, and generalized geometry.
In 2021/22 I will be lecturing Part A Quantum Theory and Part B Electromagnetism. I have previously lectured Prelims Dynamics and Part B Classical Mechanics. Lecture material may be found on my personal webpage, via the link on the left.