Senthil Todadri, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology![Portrait photo of Senthil Todadri](https://simonsfoundation.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/12031434/Todadri_055-125px.jpg?auto=format&w=120&h=120&fit=crop&crop=faces&q=90)
Senthil Todadri’s work with Fisher on Z2 topological order in models of spin liquid states provided key insights and initiated the systematic investigation of gauge structures in many-body systems, now a vital subfield of condensed matter physics. Senthil and co-workers also pioneered the theory of deconfined quantum criticality as a new paradigm for some phase transitions. Senthil and collaborators also introduced the concept of fractionalized Fermi liquids and developed a theory of continuous electronic Mott transitions. His most recent work in the theory of symmetry-protected topological phases and on combining ideas of quantum entanglement and many-body physics continues to move the boundaries of the field quantum many-body physics.