Phymaths podcast # 72 || Dr. Lara Anderson

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