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Phymaths podcast
by Hassaan Saleem
A podcast to discuss the ideas that are at the forefront of fundamental theoretical physics and mathematics.
Episodes
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Phymaths podcast # 75 || Dr. Christian Ferko
DescriptionDr. Christian Ferko is a theoretical physicist at Northeastern University and IAIFI. He primarily works on sigma models and machine learning (especially on the correspondence between neural networks and QFTs). His work can be found at the link below.Some links1) His works:...
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Phymaths podcast # 74 || Phil Halper and Dr. Niayesh Afshordi
DescriptionPhil Halper is a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and a science communicator, well known for his YouTube channel (Skydivephil) featuring cosmology documentaries with prominent cosmologists and physicists.Dr. Niayesh Afshordi is a cosmologist at the University of Waterloo, with…
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Phymaths podcast # 73 || Dr. Georges Obied
DescriptionDr. Georges Obeid is a theoretical physicist at the University of Chicago who has worked on the dark dimension scenario, dark sector, and evolving dark energy models motivated by string theory. His list of works can be found below.Some links1) His works:...
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Phymaths podcast # 72 || Dr. Lara Anderson
Description Dr. Lara Anderson is a theoretical physicist at Virginia Tech and has worked on string compactifications of M theory and F theory, and model building in type II and heterotic theories. A list of her works can be found at the link below .Some links 1) Her works:...
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Phymaths podcast # 71 || Dr. Tejinder Pal Singh
Description Dr. Tejinder Pal Singh is a theoretical physicist at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Physics, working on the unification of interactions using trace dynamics and octonions. A list of his works is linked below. Some links 1) His works:...
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Phymaths podcast # 70 || Dr. Aninda Sinha
DescriptionDr. Aninda Sinha is a theoretical physicist at the Indian Institute of Science, working on S matrix bootstrap, string amplitudes, and conformal field theories, among other things. A list of his works is linked below.Some links1) His works:...
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Phymaths podcast # 69 || Dr. Eran Palti
DescriptionEran Palti is a theoretical physicist at Ben-Gurion University, working on the low-energy behavior of string theory, string compactifications, and the swampland program. The list of his works can be found below.Some links1) His works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/10293902) Link to…
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Phymaths podcast # 68 || Dr. Keshav Dasgupta
Description Keshav Dasgupta is a theoretical physicist at McGill University, working on string compactifications, especially on achieving deSitter spacetime from string theory (including the possibility of achieving deSitter as an excited state). The list of his works can be found below. Some…
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Phymaths podcast # 67 || Dr. Alok Laddha
Description Alok Laddha is a theoretical physicist at the Chennai Mathematical Institute, who majorly works on soft theorems, S matrices, and the positive geometry program. The list of his works can be found at the link provided below. Some links 1) His works…
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Phymaths podcast # 66 || Dr. Jonathan Heckman
Description Jonathan Heckman is a theoretical physicist at the University of Pennsylvania and works on generalized symmetries, the swampland program, holography, and F theory, among other related areas. The list of his works can be found at the link provided below. Some links 1) His works:...
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Phymaths podcast # 65 || Dr. Jacob McNamara
Description Jacob McNamara is a theoretical physicist at Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, who has worked on swampland (quite notably on the cobordism conjecture), holography, and non invertible symmetries. The list of his works can be found at the link provided below. Some links 1) His...
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Phymaths podcast # 64 || Dr. Shiraz Minwalla
DescriptionDr. Shiraz Minwalla is a theoretical physicist at TIFR Mumbai, India. He has worked on the problem of classification and existence of conformal and superconformal field theories in various dimensions, black holes and superfluids. The list of his works can be found at the link provided...
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Phymaths podcast # 63 || Dr. Sonia Contera
DescriptionDr. Sonia Contera is a professor of Biological Sciences at Oxford, senior fellow at Oxford Martin School. She works at the interface of physics, biology, medicine and nanotechnology. She has authored two books titled “ Nano comes to life” and “Six problems that science can’t solve"…
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Phymaths podcast # 62 || Guest: Dr. Alastair Wilson
DescriptionDr. Alastair Wilson is a philosopher at University of Leeds, who works on metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science and philosophy of physics. His doctoral thesis was on the metaphysics of Everettian interpretation and he works on the development of this interpretation. A list…
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Phymaths podcast # 61 || Dr. Sunil Mukhi
DescriptionDr. Sunil Mukhi is a theoretical physicist at IISER Pune. His works include areas like classification of conformal field theories (CFTs), entanglement, quantum gravity, and Black Holes. A list of his works can be found below.Some links1) His works:...
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Phymaths podcast # 60 || Dr. Daniel Whiteson
Description Dr. Daniel Whiteson is an experimental high-energy physicist at UC Irvine and works in the ATLAS collaboration. He is also a science communicator, who made the Daytime Emmy nominated series Elinor Wonders Why, and he also hosts a podcast named Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary…
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Phymaths podcast # 59 || Dr. Chitraang Murdia
*Description*Dr. Chitraang Murdia is a theoretical physicist at UPenn Philadelphia, and his works comprise areas like CFTs, holography, and entanglement. He is quite well known for being the All India Rank 1 holder in the JEE engineering exam in 2014. The list of his works can be found…
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Phymaths podcast # 58 || Dr. John Baez
*Description*Dr. John Baez is a theoretical physicist and mathematician, previously at UC Riverside and now at the University of Edinburgh, who works on Quantum Gravity, Network Theory, and higher categories. The list of his works is linked below.*Some links*1) Dr. Baez's works:...
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Phymaths podcast # 57 || Dr. Manki Kim
DescriptionDr. Manki Kim is a theoretical physicist, working on String Perturbation, String Compactifications, and String Field Theory. The list of his publications can be found below.Some links1) Dr. Kim's works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/14230212) Link to the high energy physics resources...
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Phymaths podcast # 56 || Dr. Daniel Grimmer
DescriptionDr. Daniel Grimmer is a philosopher of Physics at the University of Bonn, working on the intersection of Physics & Philosophy, and the metaphysics of space and time. A list of his works can be found below.Some links1) Dr. Grimmer's works:...
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Phymaths podcast # 55 || Dr. Pedro Vieira
Description Dr. Pedro Vieira is a theoretical physicist, working on integrability, holography and matrix models (worked on bootstrap techniques in the past). A list of his works can be found below.Some links 1) Dr. Vieira's works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1027784?ui-citation-summary=true2)...
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Phymaths podcast # 54 || Guest: Dr. Miguel Montero
DescriptionDr. Miguel Montero is a theoretical physicist at IFT Madrid, working on string compactifications and the swampland program. The list of his works can be found below.Some links1) Dr. Montero's list of works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1272182?ui-citation-summary=true2) Link to the...
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Phymaths podcast # 53 || Guest: Dr. Ivano Basile
Description Dr. Ivano Basile is a theoretical physicist at the Max Planck institute for Physics at Garching, working on Non-supersymmetric string theories, supersymmetry breaking and recently, breaking of global symmetries. The list of his works can be found below. Some links 1) Dr. Basile's list...
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Phymaths podcast # 52 || Guest: Dr. Rajesh Gopakumar
Description Dr. Rajesh Gopakumar is a theoretical physicist, who has majorly worked on holographic duality in his career. He got his Ph.D. from Princeton University under the supervision of David Gross and right now, he is the director of ICTS Bangalore in India. The list of his works is…
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Phymaths podcast # 51 || Guest: Dr. Daniel Whiteson
Description Dr. Daniel Whiteson is an experimental high-energy physicist at UC Irvine and works in the ATLAS collaboration. He is also a science communicator, who made the Daytime Emmy nominated series Elinor Wonders Why, and he also hosts a podcast named Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary…
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Phymaths podcast # 50 || Guest: Dr. Nabil Iqbal
Description Dr. Nabil Iqbal is a theoretical physicist at Durham University. He works on holography, generalized symmetries, and condensed matter physics among other things. A list of his works can be found in the link below. Some links 1) Dr. Iqbal's works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1051240...
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Phymaths podcast # 49 || Guest: Dr. Zohar Komargodski
Description Dr. Zohar Komargodski is a theoretical physicist at the Simon Center for Geometry and Physics and he works on RG flows, generalized symmetries, and condensed matter physics among other things. A list of his works can be found in the link below. Some links 1) Dr. Komargodski's works:...
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Phymaths podcast # 48 || Guest: Dr. Raghu Mahajan
Description Dr. Raghu Mahajan is a theoretical physicist at ICTS Bangalore, working on the problems regarding instantons. He has previously worked on the Island's approach to Black Holes. A list of his works can be found in the link below. Some links 1) Dr. Mahajan's works:...
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Phymaths podcast # 47 || Guest: Dr. Harold Erbin
Dr. Harold Erbin is a theoretical physicist who works on string field theory and string compactifications. He uses AI to solve problems in theoretical physics and is the author of the most recent book on string field theory. A list of his works can be found below. Some links 1) Dr. Erbin's works:...
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Phymaths podcast # 46 || Dr. David Wallace
Dr. David Wallace is a philosopher of science and a physicist, with doctorates in physics and philosophy. He works on the foundations of physics, and he is a proponent of the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. His list of works can be found below. In this podcast episode, we discuss...
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Phymaths podcast # 45 || Dr. Fernando Quevedo
Dr. Fernando Quevedo is a theoretical physicist at the University of Cambridge's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP). He works on string theory and cosmology. He was the director of the International Center of Theoretical Physics (ICTP) from 2009 to 2019. We discuss...
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Phymaths podcast # 44 || Dr. Suvrat Raju
Dr. Suvrat Raju is a theoretical physicist at ICTS, Bangalore. He mainly works on black hole information and AdS/CFT (bulk/boundary correspondence). He is a proponent of the "holography of information" proposal, which says that information about black holes is always available outside. His list…
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Phymaths podcast # 43 || Dr. Jay Cummings
Dr. Jay Cummings is an assistant professor of mathematics at California State University, Sacramento. He is the last student of Ron Graham and the author of the LongformMath series, which includes two books on Real Analysis and Proofs. A list of his publications and the link to his books can be...
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Phymaths podcast # 42 || Dr. Joseph Conlon
Dr. Joseph Conlon is a theoretical physicist at the University of Oxford. He works on string compactifications, string cosmology, string phenomenology, and related areas. He also wrote the book, "Why string theory?". The list of his works can be found at the following link. Some links 1) Support…
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Phymaths podcast # 41 || Dr. Samir Mathur
Dr. Samir Mathur is a well-known theoretical physicist at Ohio State University. He has worked for a long time on the information paradox and he is known for (among other things) his fuzzball proposal. The list of his works can be found below. Some links 1) Samir Mathur's works:...
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Phymaths podcast # 40 || Dr. John Donoghue
Dr. John Donoghue is a theoretical physicist at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is well known for his work on effective field theories of gravity. He has also co-authored two books (links given below). Some links 1) Dynamics of the standard model:...
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Phymaths podcast # 39 || Dr. Antonio Padilla
Dr. Antonio Padilla is a cosmologist at the University of Nottingham, working on the problems of cosmology, black holes, modified gravity, and string theory. He is well known for his videos on Numberphile and sixty symbols (links given below). He authored the book, "Fantastic Numbers and Where to...
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Phymaths podcast # 38 || Dr. Cliff Burgess
Dr. Cliff Burgess is a theoretical physicist at McMaster University and Perimeter Institute. He works on string theory, quantum gravity, cosmology, dark matter, and occasionally condensed matter physics. He did his Ph.D. from UT Austin, Texas, in 1985 under the supervision of Dr. Steven Weinberg....
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Phymaths podcast # 37 || Dr. Nirmalya Kajuri
Dr. Nirmalya Kajuri is a theoretical physicist at IIT Mandi, India. He got his Ph.D. from IMSc, Chennai. He works on holography and related areas and he is quite well-known for popularizing science using social media platforms. Some links 1) Dr. Kajuri's Twitter profile:...
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Phymaths podcast # 36 || Dr. Thomas Van Riet
Thomas Van Riet is a theoretical physicist at KU Leuven, Belgium who works on problems in string theory and quantum gravity in general. The list of Dr. Riet's works can be found below. Some links 1) Dr. Riet's Twitter account: https://twitter.com/ThomasVanRiet2 2) Dr. Riet's works:...
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