Phymaths podcast # 66 || Dr. Jonathan Heckman

<p><strong>Description</strong></p><p>Jonathan Heckman is a theoretical physicist at the University of Pennsylvania and works on generalized symmetries, the swampland program, holography, and F theory, among other related areas. 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/1045268</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>(0:24) Introduction of the guest</p><p>(0:40) His current projects</p><p>(4:54) Grand Unified Theories (GUTs) and F theory</p><p>(17:19) Algebraic Geometry for F theory</p><p>(22:40) Role of singularities in model building</p><p>(24:53) GUT models in F theory (continued)</p><p>(28:50) Engineering SCFTs from F theory</p><p>(43:38) Engineering SCFTs in odd dimensions</p><p>(48:58) Transitioning to generalized symmetries</p><p>(52:54) Defining QFTs</p><p>(55:44) Swampland and Cobordism conjecture</p><p>(1:03:20) R7 branes</p><p>(1:08:35) Falsifying string theory at colliders</p><p>(1:18:33) Building collaborations (and fear of being wrong)</p><p>(1:22:56) Choosing a problem to work on</p><p>(1:27:53) Handling multiple projects</p><p>(1:30:34) Selecting a Ph.D student</p><p>(1:34:30) (People&#39;s question) Learning string theory</p><p>(1:36:27) (People&#39;s question) Learning abstract topics</p><p>(1:38:12) (People&#39;s question) Important problems</p><p>(1:43:30) (People&#39;s question) UPenn funding</p><p>(1:45:03) (People&#39;s question) Symmetries on T folds</p>