Research Interests

In my journey as a theoretical physicist, the interconnectivity of seemingly unrelated aspects of Nature's working, and how simple, yet powerful ideas thread it together has always fascinated me. I am interested in studying foundational questions in quantum mechanics and its broader impact in cosmology & gravity. I am also interested in looking at connections between physics, statistics, and engineering -- in particular applications of Information Field Theory to Civil Engineering.

Quantum mechanics, gravity, and cosmology have emerged as three key pillars of our fundamental understanding of the universe, and have been tremendously successful in making quantitative predictions for experiments in their respective domains. We anticipate an elegant unification of the microscopic quantum laws with those of gravity and cosmology that govern physics at the largest scales in our universe. However, quantum mechanics and gravity find themselves at strong odds in their current formulation, both conceptually and mathematically, and how they connect with underlying reality. Part of the disconnect can be attributed to the fact that we tend to think in terms of classical ideas such as "space," "particles" and "fields". Such constructions may not have a place in the fundamental ontology of quantum mechanics, which at its heart, simply describes the evolution of a state vector in an abstract Hilbert space. We typically start with some classical theory and then "quantize" it. Presumably Nature works the other way around: it is quantum-mechanical from the start, and a classical limit emerges in the right circumstances.

That should answer your question why this website is called what is it called. Here are some selected papers to give a sense of the scope of the work we do: