Scholarship and Biography

My background is in theoretical high energy physics with a focus on string theory. I am currently dividing my time between physical oceanography and geophysical/astrophysical fluid dynamics on the one hand, and quantum gravity and quantum information theory on the other. I have done work on a broad range of topics in cosmology, particle physics, quantum gravity, and quantum information theory, and their interactions with mathematics and condensed matter physics.

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Honors

Outstanding Junior Investigator
United States Department of Energy (United States, Washington), 2004-2009
Kavli Frontiers Fellow
National Academy of Sciences (United States, Washington D.C.) - NAS, 2006
Member, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
University of California, Santa Barbara (United States, Santa Barbara) - UCSB, 2006, 2009, 2018
Simons Pivot Fellow
Simons Foundation (United States, New York), 2023-2024

Organizational Affiliations

Professor of Physics, Martin A. Fisher School of Physics, Brandeis University

Education

University of Chicago
Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
B.A.