Killam Memorial Chair,      Professor Phone: 780 492 1075 Email: vfrolov@ualberta.ca Department:   Physics Area: Astrophysics, Gravity and Cosmology Office: CCIS 4 - 281F Address: University of Alberta Edmonton, AB Canada T6G 2R3

Research Interests:   1. Classical and quantum gravity   2. Black hole physics   3. Large extra dimensions   4. Hidden symmetries and higher dimensional black holes   5. Problem of black hole entropy   6. Models of a black hole's interior   7. Quantum field theory in a curved spacetime   8. Quantum effects in accelerated frames   9. Cosmological defects 10. Interaction of strings and branes with a black hole 11. Wormholes and time machine problem. Role of quantum effect