About Me
Physicist · Researcher · Educator
Biography
I am a theoretical physicist with a passion for understanding the fundamental nature of space, time, and matter. My research sits at the intersection of quantum gravity, quantum information, and quantum computation.
I did my PhD at Pennsylvania State University under Prof. Martin Bojowald and Prof. Stephon Alexander. After my PhD, I spent approximately nine years as an Assistant Professor at NITK Karnataka and as a Visiting Associate at IUCAA Pune. Currently, I am an independent researcher exploring the connections between loop quantum gravity, string theory, and quantum computation.
I am the co-author of LQG for the Bewildered, published by Springer Nature in 2017, and I maintain this website as a space for sharing my research, projects, and thoughts.
Education & Positions
IIT Kanpur
CurrentINSPIRE Faculty
Theoretical Physics
Pennsylvania State University
PhD2007–2012
PhD in Physics with Prof. Martin Bojowald and Prof. Stephon Alexander
IUCAA Pune
Visiting2013–2014
Visiting Associate
NITK Karnataka
Faculty2013–2023
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
Missouri S&T
BSc2000–2003
Bachelor of Science in Physics
Areas of Expertise
Loop Quantum Gravity
Canonical quantization of general relativity, spin networks, spin foam models, and the discreteness of spacetime geometry.
Quantum Computation
Quantum algorithms, quantum error correction, topological quantum computing, and the relationship between quantum gravity and quantum information.
String Theory
AdS/CFT correspondence, dualities, conformal field theories, and connections to loop quantum gravity.
Cosmology
Quantum cosmology, loop quantum cosmology, early universe physics, and the arrow of time problem.
Many-Body Physics
Tensor networks, quantum phase transitions, Hubbard models, and their applications to quantum gravity.
Quantum Error Correction
Topological codes, stabilizer formalism, and the emergence of geometry from error-correcting codes.