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I'm currently a programmer, although I did my training in [[theoretical physics]], specifically [[string theory]]. |
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I'm a [[theoretical physicist]], currently working as a [[post-doctoral]] researcher at the [[University of British Columbia]] in [[Vancouver]]. I graduated from the [[University of Michigan]] in 2006 with my [[PhD]] in [[physics]] and received my [[B.S.]] in physics at the [[University of Delaware]]. |
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My interests are generally rather conceptual or mathematical in nature, rather than [[phenomenology (particle physics)|phenomenological]]. My general sub-field is often called [[high energy physics]], and more specifically you could call me a [[string theory|string theorist]]. I don't like any of those designations though, since many of my interests are rather long-distance or low-energy in nature and have very little to do with [[particle physics]]. Also, the term "string theorist" seems to invoke, in this day and age, some kind of partisan affiliation. But to me, string theory is simply a tool to investigate various ideas since it is the most developed and thus currently most capable of addressing, at least in principle, many questions in [[quantum gravity]]. In a somewhat different vein, I've also recently been developing an interest in topics in [[condensed matter physics]]. |
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My Wikipedia activity is mostly in talk page discussions or in correcting random errors that I come across. I hate to say that I have been somewhat discouraged in large-scale work due to the combative nature of WP. But I have a few pet pages, small articles, that I check up on sometimes and do a few additions. |
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===Stuff I research=== |
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*[[AdS/CFT]] |
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*[[Black hole]]s |
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*[[General relativity]] |
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*[[Quantum field theory]] |
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*[[String theory]] |
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*[[Tachyon condensation]] |
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===Other cool physics=== |
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*[[Cosmology]] |
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*[[Particle physics]] |
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*[[Thermodynamics]] and [[statistical mechanics]] |
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===Some pet projects on Wikipedia=== |
===Some pet projects on Wikipedia=== |
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Revision as of 23:39, 27 June 2012
I'm currently a programmer, although I did my training in theoretical physics, specifically string theory.
Some pet projects on Wikipedia
One thing that I found very nice about mathematics articles on Wikipedia is that there are many technical articles that I can go to for use in my research. I would like to encourage more physics articles like this. Somewhat in this vein, the above pet projects of mine are meant to discuss some more technical and specialized topics in string theory.
Other Wikipedia stuff
- Disambiguation pages with links -- This is an ongoing maintenance project on Wikipedia. The goal is to redirect wikilinks that go to disambiguation pages to the proper Wikipedia article. If you're bored and want to help out Wikipedia in an easy way, why not pitch in?
 | This user is a participant in WikiProject Physics. |