Mykola Dedushenko

BIO

Mykola Dedushenko joined the Shanghai Institute for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences (SIMIS) as Associate Professor in January 2025. Before that, he was a Research Associate Professor at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics (SCGP), Stony Brook, and prior to that – a Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar at Burke Institue, Caltech. He obtained his PhD in Physics at Princeton University in 2016

Professor Dedushenko’s work explores the rich geometric and algebraic structure of Quantum Field Theory, and how we can find exact solutions by exploiting it. This includes topics like vertex algebras (as symmetries of sectors in higher-dimensional QFT), Hopf algebra (as spectrum-generating algebras, revealing the relations to integrable models), and differential-graded or infinity-algebras (as derived symmetries in QFT).

Education Experience

• 2011-2016, PhD Physics, Princeton University
• 2009-2011 M.Sc. Physics, Kyiv National University
• 2009-2011 M.Sc. Mathematics, Independent University of Moscow
• 2009-2011 M.Sc. Mathematics, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
• 2005-2009 B.Sc. Physics, Kyiv National University

Work Experience

• 2025-current: Associate Professor, Shanghai Institute for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Fudan University
• 2019-2024: Research Associate Professor, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University
• 2016-2019: Postdoctoral Scholar, Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics, Caltech

Honors and Awards

Publications

1. A.A. Ardehali, M. Dedushenko, D. Gang and M. Litvinov, “Bridging 4D QFTs and 2D VOAs via 3D high-temperature EFTs”, arXiv:2409.18130

2. M. Dedushenko, “Ising BCFT from Fuzzy Hemisphere,” arXiv:2407.15948

3. M. Dedushenko, “On the 4d/3d/2d view of the SCFT/VOA correspondence,” arXiv:2312.17747

4. M. Dedushenko and N. Nekrasov, “Interfaces and Quantum Algebras, II: Cigar Partition Function,” arXiv:2306.16434 [hep-th].

5. S. Alekseev, M. Dedushenko and M. Litvinov, “Chiral life on a slab,” arXiv:2301.00038 [hep-th].

6. M. Dedushenko and M. Litvinov, “Interval reduction and (super)symmetry,” Phys. Rev. D 108, no.4, 045016 (2023), arXiv:2212.07455 [hep-th].

7. M. Dedushenko, “Remarks on Berry Connection in QFT, Anomalies, and Applications,” SciPost Phys. 15, 167 (2023), arXiv:2211.15680 [hep-th].

8. M. Dedushenko “Snowmass White Paper: The Quest to Define QFT,” International Journal of Modern Physics A 38, no. 04n05, 2330002 (2023) arXiv:2203.08053 [hep-th].

9. M. Dedushenko and N. Nekrasov, “Interfaces and Quantum Algebras, I: Stable Envelopes,” J. Geom. Phys. 194, 104991 (2023), arXiv:2109.10941 [hep-th].

10. M. Dedushenko and D. Gaiotto, “Correlators on the wall and sln spin chain,” J. Math. Phys. 63, no.9, 092301 (2022), arXiv:2009.11198.

11. M. Dedushenko and D. Gaiotto, “Algebras, traces, and boundary correlators in N = 4 SYM,” JHEP 12, 050 (2021), arXiv:2009.11197.

12. M. Dedushenko and Y. Wang, “4d/2d → 3d/1d: A song of protected operator algebras,” Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. 26, no.7, 2011-2075 (2022), arXiv:1912.01006 [hep-th].

13. M. Dedushenko, “From VOAs to short star products in SCFT,” Commun. Math. Phys. 384, no.1, 245-277 (2021), arXiv:1911.05741 [hep-th].

14. M. Dedushenko, M. Fluder, “Chiral Algebra, Localization, Modularity, Surface defects, And All That,” J. Math. Phys. 61, no.9, 092302 (2020), arXiv:1904.02704.

15. M. Dedushenko, Y. Fan, S. S. Pufu and R. Yacoby, “Coulomb Branch Quantization and Abelianized Monopole Bubbling,” JHEP 1910, 179 (2019) [arXiv:1812.08788 [hep-th]].

16. M. Dedushenko, S. Gukov, H. Nakajima, D. Pei and K. Ye, “3d TQFTs from Argyres-Douglas theories,” J. Phys. A 53, no.43, 43LT01 (2020), arXiv:1809.04638.

17. M. Dedushenko, “Gluing II: Boundary Localization and Gluing Formulas,” Lett. Math. Phys. 18, no.111 (2021), arXiv:1807.04278.

18. M. Dedushenko, “Gluing I: Integrals and Symmetries,” JHEP 04, 175 (2020), arXiv:1807.04274.

19. M. Dedushenko, Y. Fan, S. S. Pufu and R. Yacoby, “Coulomb Branch Operators and Mirror Symmetry in Three Dimensions,” JHEP 1804, 037 (2018) [arXiv:1712.09384 [hep-th]].

20. M. Dedushenko and S. Gukov, “A 2d (0,2) appetizer,” arXiv:1712.07659 [hep-th], published as “IR duality in 2D N = (0,2) gauge theory with noncompact dynamics,” Phys. Rev. D 99, no. 6, 066005 (2019)

21. M. Dedushenko, S. Gukov and P. Putrov, “Vertex algebras and 4-manifold invariants,” contribution to “Nigel Hitchin’s 70th Birthday Conference”, vol.1, doi:10.1093/oso/9780198802013.003.0011, arXiv:1705.01645 [hep-th]

22. M. Dedushenko, S. S. Pufu and R. Yacoby, “A one-dimensional theory for Higgs branch operators,” JHEP 1803, 138 (2018) [arXiv:1610.00740 [hep-th]].

23. M. Dedushenko, “Chiral algebras in Landau-Ginzburg models,” JHEP 1803, 079 (2018) [arXiv:1511.04372 [hep-th]].

24. M. Dedushenko, “More on Gopakumar-Vafa formula: coeffcients F0 and F1,” JHEP 1505, 089 (2015) [arXiv:1501.07589 [hep-th]].

25. M. Dedushenko and E. Witten, “Some Details On The Gopakumar-Vafa and Ooguri-Vafa Formulas,” Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. 20, 1 (2016) [arXiv:1411.7108 [hep-th]].

26. M. Dedushenko, “Superstring BRST no-ghost theorem at arbitrary picture number,” arXiv:1212.3592 [hep-th].

27. M. Dedushenko, “Violation of the phase space general covariance as a diffeomorphism anomaly in quantum mechanics,” JHEP 1010, 054 (2010) [arXiv:1007.5292 [hep-th]].