Leo Rodriguez

Associate Professor

Offices, Departments, or Centers: Physics ,

Research Interests

Conformal Symmetries and Black Holes

Gravity/CFT Correspondence

String Theory & Quantum Gravity

Generalized Complex Geometries and String Theory

Geometry and Topology of Physics

Education and Degrees

HHMI Post-Doctoral Research Fellow & Lecturer 2011-2013, Grinnell College
Ph.D. Physics 2011, University of Iowa
M.S. Physics 2009, University of Iowa
B.S. Physics 2005, New Mexico Institute for Mining and Technology

Selected Publications

“Energy extraction through magnetic reconnection from a Kerr-Newman black hole in perfect fluid dark matter” L. R. Ram‐Mohan, Leo Rodriguez, Shanshan Rodriguez and Alex Sidler Phys.Dark Univ. 48 (2025) 101961. arXiv: 2407.15347 – “Geometrodynamics of a Two-Dimensional Curved Surface
“Geometrodynamics of a Two-Dimensional Curved Surface due to a Quantum Mechanically Confined Particle” L. R. Ram‐Mohan, Leo Rodriguez, Shanshan Rodriguez and Zhenzhong Xing Phys. Scr. 100 (2025) 055938. arXiv: 2402.02722
“High-accuracy calculation of singular electromagnetic fields in regions with re-entrant peripheries” Sathwik Bharadwaj, Dung N. Pham, L. R. Ram‐Mohan, Leo Rodriguez and Shanshan RodriguezJ. Appl. Phys. 134, 153102 (2023)
“Nöther Currents, Black Hole Entropy Universality and CFT Duality in Conformal Weyl Gravity”Daksh Aggarwal, Dominic Chang, Quentin Dancewiez Helmers, Nesibe Sivrioglu, L. R. Ram‐Mohan,Leo Rodriguez, Shanshan Rodriguez and Raid SuleimanInt. J. Mod. Phys. D, 2023. arXiv:2204.01508 [hep‐th]
"Exploration of the duality between generalized geometry and extraordinary magnetoresistance" Sathwik Bharadwaj, L. R. Ram-Mohan, Leo Rodriguez and Shanshan Rodriguez Phys. Rev. B 101, 174417, 2020. arXiv:1912.05780 [hep-th]
"On the Principle of Holographic Scaling: From College Physics to Black Hole Thermodynamics" Leo Rodriguez and Shanshan Rodriguez IOP Concise Books on Physics Series: 2053-2571, Morgan & Claypool, May 2019
"Could a human enter a black hole to study it?" Leo Rodriguez and Shanshan Rodriguez The Conversation, Feb. 1, 2021
"On the Near Horizon Canonical Quantum Microstates from AdS2/CFT1 and Con-formal Weyl Gravity" Leo Rodriguez and Shanshan Rodriguez Universe 2017, 3, 56. arXiv: 1707.05796 [hep-th]
"On Quantum Microstates in the Near Extremal, Near Horizon Kerr Geometry" Ananda Guneratne, Leo Rodriguez, Sujeev Wickramasekara and Tuna Yildirim J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 698 (2016) no.l, 012010. arXiv:1606.03341 [hep-th]
"An Extended Detailed Investigation of First and Second Order Supersymmetries for Off-Shell J\f = 2 and J\f = 4 Supermultiplets" S. James Gates, Jr., James Parker, Vincent G. J. Rodgers, Leo Rodriguez and Kory Stiffler Symmetry 2015, 7(2), 1080-1121. arXiv: 1106.5475v3 [hep-th]
"Near-Extremal Black Hole Thermodynamics from AdS2¡CFT\ Correspondence in The Low Energy Limit of 4D Heterotic String Theory" Bradly K. Button, Leo Rodriguez and Sujeev Wikramasekara JHEP 2013 no. 10, (2013) 1-16. arXiv: 1307.7125 [hep-th]
"Point-Form Dynamics of Quasistable States" M. Gadella, F. Gmez-Cubillo, Leo Rodriguez and Sujeev Wikramasekara J. Math. Phys. 54, 072303 (2013). arXiv:1303.5911 [math-ph]
"A Near Horizon CFT Dual for Kerr-Newman-AdS" Bradly K. Button, Leo Rodriguez, Catherine A. Whiting and Tuna Yildirim Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 26:3077-3090, 2011. arXiv:1009.1661 [hep-th]
"Entropy and Temperature from Black-Hole/Near-Horizon-CFT Duality" Leo Rodriguez and Tuna Yildirim Class. Quantum Grav. 27 155003, 2010. arXiv:1003.0026 [hep-th]