Phymaths podcast # 67 || Dr. Alok Laddha

<p><strong>Description</strong></p><p>Alok Laddha is a theoretical physicist at the Chennai Mathematical Institute, who majorly works on soft theorems, S matrices, and the positive geometry program. The list of his works can be found at the link provided below.</p><p><strong>Some links</strong></p><p>1) His works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1036956</p><p>2) Link to the high-energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/</p><p><strong>Contact Info</strong></p><p>My website: hassaansaleem.com</p><p>Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hassaan.3142/</p><p>Join the WhatsApp channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va9DkjmAzNbs7IlGuv1X</p><p>Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hassaan_PHY</p><p>Email Queries: greatestmight@gmail.com</p><p><strong>Time Stamps</strong></p><p>(0:00) Coming up</p><p>(0:22) Intro of the guest</p><p>(0:44) His current projects</p><p>(01:59) Soft theorems</p><p>(12:16) Soft theorems and symmetries</p><p>(18:43) Soft theorems for scalars</p><p>(21:50) Soft theorem for higher spin?</p><p>(25:40) Positive Geometry program</p><p>(36:50) Unitarity from positive geometry</p><p>(48:08) Gentle Quivers (for positive geometry)</p><p>(50:37) Positive Geometry and Holography</p><p>(53:30) Positive Geometry and String Field Theory</p><p>(55:44) Reading Literature</p><p>(1:01:02) Choosing problems</p><p>(1:02:30) (People&#39;s question) Important problems</p><p>(1:05:13) (People&#39;s question) Advice for PhD/Postdocs</p><p>(1:07:37) (People&#39;s question) Research outside academia</p><p>(1:09:40) (People&#39;s question) PhD after a big gap</p><p>(1:11:07) (People&#39;s question) Hep-th job market</p><p>(1:13:53) (People&#39;s question) Gravitational wave memory</p><p>(1:15:53) (People&#39;s question) Leaving LQG</p><p>(1:19:22) (People&#39;s question) His hobbies</p>