Phymaths podcast # 72 || Dr. Lara Anderson
Show notes
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: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1030318?ui-citation-summary=true
2) Link to the high-energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/
Contact Info
My website: hassaansaleem.com
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Time stamps
(0:00) Intro of the guest
(0:15) Her work on compactifications
(6:30) Algebraic Geometry
(8:08) Swampland Program
(11:24) Calabi-Yau manifolds
(24:56) CICY manifolds
(27:18) Intersecting branes
(30:35) Science communication
(38:31) Coursework to research transition
(40:27) Difficult problems in postdocs
(42:37) Getting stuck in research
(44:01) Getting a PhD student
(47:57) Choosing a problem to work on
(51:42) Building collaborations
(52:53) (People's question) F theory
(54:15) (People's question) Moduli stabilization
(55:11) (People's question) Career vs Job
(56:40) (People's question) Homeschooling
(59:40) (People's question) Interest in Physics
(1:01:40) (People's question) Influential papers
(1:03:33) (People's question) Virginia Tech